Sunday, July 18, 2010

Loviisa II

Highlights from my 3 day getaway to Loviisa (aka "the Valley of Silence)."

Loviisa summer home
- Floated in the Gulf of Finland.
- Made rice krispie treats and a yellow cake with dark chocolate fudge frosting.
- Constantly filled up water bottles.
- Walked 25 minutes to the mailbox -- round trip.
- Swatted away countless bees, flies, mosquitoes, and "breaks."
- Ate lots of wonderful food.  And then ate more.
- Slept on the top bunk.
- Sweated in my first Finnish sauna.
- Got locked in the outhouse.
- Showered with a hose and bucket.
- Laughed, relaxed, and got a bit of a tan too.

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  1. Btw, I checked and you were right: a break is a horse-fly or a gad-fly. They acctually said on the news that we apparently have 40 different kinds of these flies here and that since they enjoy the warm weather we have an exceptional amount of them this year. Great...

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  2. Seems like you had a great time.. except being locked in the outhouse! ughh...

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  3. "ate lots of wonderful food. and then ate more." uh oh, sister!

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