A TRIP WITH A TWIST - NATURE AND ART
Four years ago? Six years ago? When was my last visit to Finland? THAT is the question. The trip had been canceled twice in 2015 so my fingers and toes were crossed that there would be no hitches this time around. I was to arrive very late - 11.30pm is late for me and then we would have a 45 minute trip to Jorvas where Helena and Jorma live. A friendship going back some 30 or more years. There house is one of the first eco homes built, perhaps 500 meters from the sea and virtually nothing around them - or two houses in the distance. Silence like that, is unknown in the city. I love being there but certainly couldn’t live in such an isolated area with pheasants, deer, birds and other animals to attract my attention. This time around Gekko their dog seem to approve of me - to this extent….. Helena had planned my stay well. The sun shone all the time I was there. In fact out of the wind it was nearly warm although l was not casting off clothing like the Fins can do.
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