It's been quite a hectic weekend for us Finns. On Saturday we beat the Russians in the Ice Hockey World championship semi-finals after an overtime goal.
Then in the evening there were the Eurovision song contest finals in Helsinki - for the first time ever (and last, no doubt, as anybody who knows about Finland's history in the competition knows...) thanks to Lordi's shall we say somewhat surprising (but in my opinion, well-deserved ;-) victory last year. We didn't do quite as well this time around, Hanna finished 17th.
We did, though, managed to squeeze in a walk on Sunday, from Monaco to La Turbie. La Turbie is yet one more pretty village perched on a hilltop, overlooking the Riviera (namely, Monaco). It's also kind of famous for the Trophée d'Auguste, dedicated to (kind of obviously, really), the Roman emperor Augustus. It was built to honour his victory of the Gallic tribes, and is actually one of only two trophies preserved from Roman times. Now there's an obscure fact for the next pub quiz... The walk was nice, with great views over Monaco and the surrounding coastline.
In the evening we had a "kisastudio" (you'll have to look that up in a Finnish-English dictionary ;-) at Sami's place, to watch Finland's near-victory (yes, that would be a loss) against the Canadian B(*^**ds in the hockey finals. 'nough said... With Raikkonen also not finishing the F1 race in Barcelona it was a pretty bad day sports-wise...
Then in the evening there were the Eurovision song contest finals in Helsinki - for the first time ever (and last, no doubt, as anybody who knows about Finland's history in the competition knows...) thanks to Lordi's shall we say somewhat surprising (but in my opinion, well-deserved ;-) victory last year. We didn't do quite as well this time around, Hanna finished 17th.
We did, though, managed to squeeze in a walk on Sunday, from Monaco to La Turbie. La Turbie is yet one more pretty village perched on a hilltop, overlooking the Riviera (namely, Monaco). It's also kind of famous for the Trophée d'Auguste, dedicated to (kind of obviously, really), the Roman emperor Augustus. It was built to honour his victory of the Gallic tribes, and is actually one of only two trophies preserved from Roman times. Now there's an obscure fact for the next pub quiz... The walk was nice, with great views over Monaco and the surrounding coastline.
In the evening we had a "kisastudio" (you'll have to look that up in a Finnish-English dictionary ;-) at Sami's place, to watch Finland's near-victory (yes, that would be a loss) against the Canadian B(*^**ds in the hockey finals. 'nough said... With Raikkonen also not finishing the F1 race in Barcelona it was a pretty bad day sports-wise...
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