Midsummer in sunshine

I was visiting countryside during the previous weekend. It was time for “Juhannus”, Finnish celebration for midsummer. The festivities date back to old heathen ages, when the solstice was celebrated. The image on the left was taken after 23 o’clock, and the sun was just setting.

We were fortunately in my family cottage on the shore of lake Höytiäinen in Northern Carelia, as the weather was excellent there and mostly dull in the rest of the country. I got myself burned in the sunshine — nice variation from the constant raining in Helsinki region.

The trip was excellent by any standards; good food, good people and good time. We visited also an exhibition of Salvador Dalí near our cottage… I’ll provide more details (and maybe some images, too) later.