Wintersports!

My trip to Finland wasn't all about hats and parties, like the previous post. We also went out into the snow, frolicking like little animals. This winter has been white and beautiful, like in my childhood, when no-one had heard of global warming and you could litter how ever the hell you wanted. It was cold and really snowy. :) Loved it!

We went ice skating in Jääpuisto, the ice park next to the railway station.


Situations:

Hot chocolate with mint, the essential companion to every winter fun.


Outi was serving everyone:

On Sunday we made a trip to Messilä, a ski resort close to Lahti.



Breaktime vol. 1: "Minttu - an ice hot adventure". I had another mintchocolate and a Shrove bun. That's a bun we tend to eat on Shrove Tuesday, when everyone goes downhill with a sleigh. It's a bun filled with cream and jam or marsipan, and it's supposed to be the last thing you eat before fasting starts.


Mini-me snowboarding:


It was pure beauty! I hadn't been on my board in 2 years, because last winter we spent in Mexico. I'd missed it so bad...

Breaktime vol. 2: Tiiuli and Tuomuli came to visit us!! And my cam was slightly foggy!

When we left it was purple outside:

25 hats

Yesterday was Jenna & Outi's 25th birthday party in bar Siltanen, Helsinki. Everyone was asked to wear a hat and an outfit to complement it. People looked really cool, the night was a lot of fun, even though I didn't win the title of the ugliest hat, goddammit! (The cocky bastard Juhani beat me with a fake-Burberry-train driver style cap - no one can beat that, it's a fuckin' ugly hat.) And even when fate took over and started to mess with my promise, that I'd get you some outfit pictures, and I happened to forget almost all of my shit in Berlin (keys, phone, chargers...) I managed to get my camera charged and the pics turned out mighty fine. Thanks to the stunning folks with a variety of hats.

Look at these gorgeous featherheads!

The hat variety also included...
A Garden Elf!


His bucket


The Cake


Gandalf Copperfield and Alex.

Sherlock and the Cap'n

and Brett Michaels' gf! Maybe my cup size wouldn't get me into the Bus of Love, but I do wanna pretend so.

And the best twist was, that we went to the biggest disco-hell of all time, my worst nightmare, and the devil's mouth: an SK-rastaurant, Royal Onnela. The weirdness of it was absolutely fantastic! (And where else do you go dressed like me?)

Meanwhile people were agreeing very loudly.

And Asko the disapprover of stetsons, and all things that don't share his taste in fine cigars, quality knitwear and noble alcholic beverages, was there. He is a loveable character, who inspite of his cynical manner, always does what I say.

Yo! Meet Kikka, Finland's Samantha Fox, from the 90's soft-porn-pop era. This is what you get in Onnela, which is not at all a bad thing. At least not, by far, the worst thing in there. Wanna kno why?


I absolutely loved the party, well, that's no surprise I guess. Loads of friends, who just never seize to amaze me with how great fun they are; tacky shit; poles to hang from; and Kikka in a wet t-shirt. Thank you 2010, I like you already!

White Christmas wishes to you

I'm back home and it's better than I expected! The land of the original Santa (no baby jesus, penguins or polar bears though) and loads of snow (occasionally, despite the climate change), is a pretty sentimental environment to spend the holidays. And this time there really IS snow! Today my man's coming from Berlin too, and we're going to Vääksy, the good old tiny village, most likely covered in snow, to spend the holidays. :DDDDD

Helsinki these days:

This guy may not be 'the original Santa' I mentioned, but he can fly!

Last year we fleed the darkness to Mexico, because the previous christmas had been black and snowless here. In Mex the cold and snow were only decoration or a side joke in the door mat, that spoke whenever you step on it: "Brrr, come on in, it's cold outside!" It was a pretty cool chance to spend christmas for a change in the summer. (For them it's winter, but for a Finn it 's like May.)

Santa was a bit worn out of all his work.

So the Mexicans hit him. And candy came out of him!

We had a lot of posadas (christmas parties) and all of them had pinatas. This pic is with my mother in law (amá) hanging the pinata with Adry. (Sorry I can't use the ~-sign properly on my German travelling laptop.)

Remainders of the pinata made a nice hat on amá.

They say I look like a christmas tree sometimes.

Frosty got a bit tired under the heat.

I hope you all darlings, close to me up north, or on the continent, in Mexico, in Australia or even further away if possible, in the city or countryside, surrounded with winter or summer, have a really funky, sweet and memorable christmas!

Yours, Maiju