We decided to kick things off, with a lunch in his honour. All the usual (Finnish) suspects were there; that is Pete, Hannu, me, Sami and even Mikko (who strangely enough refused my last lunch invitation – perhaps because we were having pea soup?). We picked a nice beach restaurant near the Villeneuve Loubet Marina. Myself, Hannu and Pete started with a beer, whilst waiting for our “men of leisure”. The sight of Sami gave us all a bit of a start – I wonder if he’d actually shaven since we last saw him? He looked like a cross between the abominable snow man, and, er, Sami (OK, so I’m exaggerating slightly…). The meal was nice enough; in spite of the one-hour wait (hmm, there were like 6 clients in addition to us and they forgot about our order – not very impressive, that…). Fortunately they compensated their forgetfulness with a bottle of rose ;-)
Since I had to travel to Finland for the weekend, we decided to meet up in Nice as well, for dinner and some drinks with Sami, Mikko and Marianne. We decided upon an old favourite for dinner; La Meranda. It’s a cosy little place (when I mean little, I really mean little – the place is either very intimate, or cramped, depending on how you want to look at it), with great Provencal cuisine. The food was enjoyable as always, as was the company. A bit like the good ol’ days… After the meal, we headed down to Place Rosetti for deserts. Which translated to ice cream for the ladies (Fenocchio, the best gelateria in Nice, is located on the square…), and 1 litre pints of beer for the boys (except for Sami who had a small one – with his drinking pace we would be there all night and most of Friday…). And then it was time for us to catch our last train again…So next time in Karunki in August, right Sami?
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