To Northern Carelia

Kalliola family will pack itself into car this afternoon and go to celebrate juhannus (midsummer) weekend in our greater family log cabin in Polvijärvi.

I’ve been there every midsummer except one, and I’m once again looking forward to it. The best part of going to somewhere is leaving. You can leave all your worries and job related stuff to Espoo, and disappear into the distance on highway…

Frankly, I and Sanna are both taking laptops with us, as there is some work that just needs to be done. But it can be done on our schedules and if something is left undone, it really doesn’t matter (until next Monday).

We’ll plan to take it easy. Koli is hosting annual holiday home fairs (loma-asuntomessut) that we’ll visit on Thursday — for some odd reason, it’s not open during the midsummer. There is also an interesting art exhibition at Juuka’s Kivikeskus (stone center) that I’d like to go.

Friday is the main day for midsummer in Finland, and the program will most probably be grilling, having a sauna once or twice and hopefully basking at the sunshine. The weather has been excellent for some time already, but the latest forecasts are worrysome. There is a big chance of having thunder storms and rain on Friday.

We’ll be back in Espoo on Sunday evening, ready and relaxed for the daily grind.