Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Cottage Weekend, 29th-30th Sept 2007
i know this is such a long overdue post... but... i've just been lazy and busy!anyway, one of finland's culture is where finnish people go for cottage weekends! it's normally more for in the summer i heard but we went during fall. they drive all the way into some part of finland that is outside of the city area and stay in the cottage for a few days just to relax and enjoy. there's plenty of ground outside these cottages and probably a lake nearby too.
anyway, we went for cottage weekend and took a bus ride of about an hour or two to get there.
me with my big bag... i thought it looks perfectly fine for me because i used it to travel for 3 weeks before i came. but my friends here all enjoy laughing at it because they think it's so huge and disproportionate as compared to my size and height. they always say that i hide a guy inside... haha. and well, wanted a shot of me with my bag!
on the way there...
stopping halfway for toilet, rest, water and food.
finally reached the cottage! too lazy for words so i shall just let the pictures do the work.
we went to the lake....
had games in the afternoon...
the group i was in for the games session.
and at night we had this international dinner where everyone had to prepare a dish from their home country... it was quite amazing... alot of food on the table!! yummy!
then at night there was sauna but i didn't go for it because... it was the first day of the month!!! unfortunately. sighs. but the people seem to have had alot of fun because they would run out of the sauna and jump into the icy cold lake. apparently it's some finnish culture... and it seems so fun that one should try... but i didn't had the chance so well.overall, it wasn't that fun a weekend and a little disappointing i would say. the countryside was nice but i thought the cottage would be much cosier. but still, it was nice to learn and be part of finnish culture! :)
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