The 1st of May (or Wappu, as we say both in Finnish and Swedish) is a BIG party in Finland, a bit less so in France. But since there were, as there often are, a fair few fellow Finns visiting my parents, we figured we'd have a go at it anyway.
We started on the 30th of April ("Wappu-aatto") with a dinner at my parents' place in Antibes. My brother Tomi and his wife Leena were visiting, and Birgitta (my godmother), Ole and Anton had also made their way over from Stockholm. So we had a pretty lively soiree, all in all, with some great food (although some of the steaks were undercooked and some a bit burnt - anything to do with my doing the cooking...?) and nice wine. A bit different from the traditional Finnish Wappu fare (potato salad, pickled herring and vodka) - but hey at least we had colourful balloons ;-)
For the 1st of May we had reserved a nice restaurant in Cannes, Le Bistro Gourmand (where we went just two weekend ago, actually). One of the waitresses (who’s married to the chef, actually) is half-Swedish – so we thought that was kind of appropriate. This time she wasn’t working though… But nonetheless the food was as good as last time. (and since we got the lunch menu price – very reasonably priced to boot).
So quite a peaceful Wappu this time all in all. Must be getting old or something…?
We started on the 30th of April ("Wappu-aatto") with a dinner at my parents' place in Antibes. My brother Tomi and his wife Leena were visiting, and Birgitta (my godmother), Ole and Anton had also made their way over from Stockholm. So we had a pretty lively soiree, all in all, with some great food (although some of the steaks were undercooked and some a bit burnt - anything to do with my doing the cooking...?) and nice wine. A bit different from the traditional Finnish Wappu fare (potato salad, pickled herring and vodka) - but hey at least we had colourful balloons ;-)
For the 1st of May we had reserved a nice restaurant in Cannes, Le Bistro Gourmand (where we went just two weekend ago, actually). One of the waitresses (who’s married to the chef, actually) is half-Swedish – so we thought that was kind of appropriate. This time she wasn’t working though… But nonetheless the food was as good as last time. (and since we got the lunch menu price – very reasonably priced to boot).So quite a peaceful Wappu this time all in all. Must be getting old or something…?
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