Happy Sunday!

We'd made plans to go out for a nice Sunday breakfast! After all, once you start work you need to reward yourself with something nice, right..?

We headed to Café Engel, our old favourite!

Husband had the good old bacon&eggs, I went for the chévre salad since it was actually already lunch time by the time we got there! So yummy, always!

Plus the house tea! Delicious!

Afterwards we walked a little in the market place. Loads of tourists around!

It was so sweet, we haven't had a moment like this for a while but now that we're back, we'll have to keep this up! Sweet and so romantic!

Later on another sweet encounter took place!

I had a date with a dear friend of mine! We went to La Torrefazione for a salad, smoothie, coffee and tea, and of course some serious updates on how-are-you's, including drewling over our favourite bags and such! Looove the girl-talk!! Thank you my dear!!!

This is what a perfect Sunday is made of: love and friendship, strolling around in sunshine, feeling light and relaxed!

Let's bring all that to the new week ahead!

Back to work!

Work started two days ago!

It was nice to meet all the colleagues after a long summer, people looked relaxed and well-rested, a lot of chatting and hugging took place!

Plus some gooood music in beautiful surroundings, hooray!

Here we go!

Back in the City!

Here we are, back home, little by little getting in the mood for the new season, work-wise, that is!

Summer is hardly over yet, such hot days, pure sunshine all the time! Beautiful!

Mustikkamaa-beach has completely stolen my heart, it's such a small little paradise, quiet and relaxed, and also a perfect bike ride away from our quarters!

The other day we went for a ride in Kaivopuisto, watched the cool-headed bungee-jumpers and had evening tea and a piece of cake in Ursula!

Seriously, never in my life could I jump from that crane! So not my cup of tea. I love the old roller coster in Linnanmäki but that's it, there's my limit.

Hats off to everyone who does, it sure looks incredible!

There's someone there! Phew!

The beautiful August evenings are here! I love the feeling, the warmth, the sunsets. Must go out more to see all that!

Summer days...

Sweet, sweet August came with the warmest of weathers!

Hours spent on the lake watching clouds, making boat rides and swimming!

Evenings in candle light, listening to the silence.

A dear friend, the artist!

I want to introduce you to a wonderful graphic artist from Rauma: Anu Sukanen!

We visited her atelier in Rauma Old Town, it was as if we'd landed in a dream! I was so inspired by the beautiful, bohemian and picturesque surroundings, that special feel only old wooden quarters can provide.

In my mind it doubles the romantic thought of an artist working in these kind of premises, oh!

And Anu herself is like her work: filled with warmth and delicacy, beauty and joy!

We met three years ago in such odd circumstances: I'd gotten a scholarship for new instruments and flew to Paris to pick the perfect ones. I'd made plans to stay for a few days, and I certainly did, because the volcano in Iceland erupted just then!

After some chaotic turns I managed to get the last seat in a bus organised by the consulate, and when I sat down, the person sitting next to me was Anu!

29 hours later we reached Stockholm, and I had a new friend!!

We've laughed about this, it was one bus ride alright! 

This story always puts a smile on my face, and I never remember the awfully swollen feet or the tiredness, just the fact that it was easy to laugh, talk and just be and bear the whole thing with her!

Sweet Anu, thank you so much!!

Beautiful Frida!!

...and the things we did there!

What could be more fun than mixing business with pleasure?

After the gig we relaxed, laughed and had the greatest time!

There's so much things to see, cutest little cafés, lots of courtyard flea markets, the beach and the boats, the market place, smiling people, the list is never ending!

Better to show you in pictures!

Fly Girls ready to take over the town!

The sculptor, ceramic artist Kerttu Horila-exhibition in Rauma Art Museum.

The best restaurant of Rauma today: Goto!! 

Meaning home in the Rauma dialect. 

The founder is a winner of the Finnish Top Chef, Teemu Laurell, who wanted to open the restaurant of his dreams in his home town. 

And dreamy it really was!! So, so good!

We took a menu of three courses, that took our tongues away. The wine was excellent, the dessert oh-so-heavenly!

C'est magnifique!!

The cool yellow Jopo-bikes took us around!

Took a dip in the outdoor pool at the beach!

In front of the school I used to go to...

Cutest little café called Soppi! Fell in love with this one!

Sweet town of Rauma!

One of this summer's highlights happened last week: a return to my childhood town, Rauma.

We had a concert over there and stayed a few days after that.

Oh, my heart was beating, fast!

All the time!

This just might be the most beautiful little town on Earth. The old part of it belongs to the UNESCO World Heritage Programme, beautiful wooden town straight from a fairytale!

I could remember everything, the atmosphere, the smells, the stony streets, the canal, the market place and the church.

It was very emotional, very touching.

The weather was amazing, we had hotel bikes and went swimming, ate sooo well, and just enjoyed every minute.

Sweet, sweet Rauma, forever in my heart.