On wednesday after school, my friend Fiona came over and we met up with Maija and Elsa (girls in our neighbourhood the same age as me who I have become good friends with). We then went on a bike ride to the 'beach'. The ride there was beautiful! We rode past huge green padocks and fields filled with flowers.
When we got there I discovered the word beach has a totally different meaning for Finns. A beach here has very little sand which is brown, muddy water and is very very small. But it was still very beautiful! The sun was also out which made it a very warm afternoon and I even got down to wearing a t-shirt! We sat on a huge rock overlooking the 'beach' and watched the sun go down.
On the way back Maija and Elsa took Fiona and I to the forest to go berry picking! By the end our hands and mouths were blue from eating so many berries! On the way we also learnt lots of new finnish words including the word for blueberry, "Mustikka".
What a lovely afternoon and such a picture postcard place! The photo of the cottage and boat on the water with the reflection is awesome and worth framing! So glad that you are making some lovely friends. Thanks for sharing xxxxx love you
ReplyDeleteLooks like pictures from a story book. Just beautiful.
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