Enjoying Vappu weekend

The 1st of May is on Monday this year, and the long weekend has been just bliss for the workers and students alike…

I spotted a small ad in Helsingin Sanomat on Saturday, about Skanno closing down their factory in Kirkkonummi and having a close-out sale. We hurried there (about 20 kilometers from our home) hoping to find a matching armchair for our sofa. No luck, but we could have bought a new huge sofa (1.5 x our current one) with 1000€ discount. Sanna found three rolls of cloth for our recently bought stool. That one was purchased from the Skanno’s store close-out sale a few weeks ago.

Skanno’s factory in Kirkkonummi.

Skanno is not closing down everything, but they have just collected everything under one roof in Ruoholahti. We decided to check out the new shop, too. It was such a bliss; there were a plethora extremely good looking pieces of furniture and a host of other stuff there. We spent some time in a very nice café on the premises. A full review of Skanno’s shop can be found in the previous entry. I’ll try to post the café review later.

Diet Coke in a Riedl glass, enchanting

My sister joined us on Sunday morning with her family. They were on their way to Croatia, to have some sun and relaxation. Wish I were there with them. The day was spent lazily, having two BBQs and sauna helps you forget the daily grind very effectively.

I drove them to the airport first thing on Monday morning and then picked a few friends from the city to have picnic on our patio. We usually go to Ullanlinnanmäki for the picnic, but Aapo has been a bit ill, so we didn’t want to take any chances. Last year we skipped the event, too, as Aapo was only a week old. Maybe next year.

The picnic was a bash! The weather was excellent and our patio was basking on the morning sun. There were enough food and drinks for ten and we were only five and Aapo. We skipped BBQ, as we were already full from the cold foods.

Aapo with dad’s student cap.

After eating, we spent a couple of hours chatting and then decided to go to see people in Ullanlinnanmäki. The place was really packed, we had to spent fifteen minutes in a traffic jam to get there. Fortunately we were lucky with parking, otherwise we would have spent a good amount of time circling around.

The excellent weather had lured people to the park, and there were people having picnic on the outskirts of the park, on boats and on the park itself. A lot of people were just walking or driving around.

Masses at the picnic in Ullanlinnanmäki.

We walked around the park, enjoying the sunshine and the atmosphere. The place was so packed that it felt a bit uncomfortable… We bought a Moomin balloon for Aapo and ice creams for ourselves before heading back to Espoo.