Leaving for a holiday

My holiday starts today, after I’ve been able to push through the last remaining tasks on my plate. I’ll head towards Oulu on tomorrow morning, as early as possible. Sanna will be waiting me there, she’ll come from Taivalkoski by bus. One night in the hotel without the boys and then driving to Taivalkoski.

This is the start for our summer Finnish round-trip. After Taivalkoski, we’ll probably go to Kuopio for a day, and then to Polvijärvi for a couple of nights. We’ve been planning to visit Savonlinna, too, but hotel rooms might be scarce now, as the Savonlinna Opera Festival is going there.

I’ve been toying around idea of going to Tallinn for one night after returning to Espoo. The hotels are dirt cheap there, and Estonians are in dire need of foreign money, as their economy is going downhill really fast. Helping the cousins, or something along those lines. There is a practical angle to the trip; I need shoes, and Tallinn has way better shoe stores than Helsinki.

The last week of my holiday will be spent with the boys, as Sanna will go to work. Then I go back to work for relaxation…

I might or might not update the blog while I’m travelling. Nowadays, time just seems to fly with the family.