Happy Easter in Europe

It's been some time now since I paid any attention to my blog. I have mainly used my time to adjust to the life in Europe. It is such a big contrast from one day sweating in the green jungle in Africa eating fresh bananas to sitting in the tube in London watching the people being busy on their smartphones while dressed in ONLY black! (Seriously, why does everyone have to wear black in Europe??... the Africans at least know their colors :)

In the Finnish forest and yes we still have snow!

But I am happy that it is spring already in Europe and soon it will be all green. My flight from Zambia went smooth and I even had three seats for myself so I could actually sleep :) I stayed only one night in London and my friend's place and then took a plane to Finland, where I have now been for almost three weeks. Here the cold weather was almost a shock to me, I have to tell you that I have been cold every day even though I am wearing four layers of woolen socks! So thank God for the sauna, where I can sweat and feel at home. But I can also luckily admit that I was happy to be able to see some snow this year and go cross country skiing :) It is also very beautiful here and he sun is so bright!

So I do enjoy being back in Finland staying with my parents catching up with friends and family, especially my nephew, who almost did not recognize me... aaaahhhh... This is a sign I need to visit more often... but then again when you are just under two years old I don't know how much you really remember about life.

Princess cake, my favorite :)

My days have been filled with food, food, and food. I just wanted to eat just about everything. So hello extra kilos, time to go! I also celebrated my birthday with my family, which I had not done since 1999 or something like that. I postponed the tedious task of uploading all my 5 million pictures from Africa on my computer but now that is all done as well! I will upload some of them on picasa, which is linked to this blog.

Carl was in love with the Easter bunny.

For Easter my Filipino friend Carl came to visit me and we had a great time eating even more food than usual. Carl found Finland very exotic, especially my village of 500 people. I had not seen Carl for 3 years so this was really nice and it became also my first experience of going to the sauna with a gay guy (we wore towels by the way). You know that if you ever go to Finland, a sauna visit is a must!! Wouldn't be a complete Finland experience without it :)

I only have a few days left in Finland before I head out on new adventures. So I am repacking the bag and spending as much time in the sauna as I can! 

hApPy eAstEr everone!

Lots of witches in town