Mother's Day in Finland

Time to visit Finland, to celebrate my mother's name day. Unfortunately, my dear mum is not in very good shape at the moment, so it felt somewhat wistful to go, but life isn't always easy, they say.

Due to these circumstances, it was a case of spending time with family. Not that the rather grey weather particularly put me into a mood to walk around town, either. I did meet up with Janne and Katja for lunch on the Friday, in a nice little, modern eatery where local hipsters were having lunch. A pretty cool place - and not expensive.

In the evening we had a rather long board-game session, joined by Rasse. Dominion & Puerto Rico was the order of the day. Katja came out on top in Puerto Rico, and also won one of the games of Dominion we played (which I was just slightly bitter about, considering how much I've practised Dominion...)..

Saturday was our early Mother's day celebration. The whole family was there - Janne, Katja, dad, Tomi, Leena and their children (and grand children!). No expenses were spared for this occasion - we got some catering delivered from Muru, the superb restaurant located just down-stairs from my parents' flat. But anyway, what was most important was to all be united with my dear mum. As they say in Swedish: "Mor lilla mor, vem är väl som du – Ingen i hela världen".

It was a really great day - music, great food, great company. And the little grandchildren brought a bit of festive spirit to the proceedings too!

The next day, it felt sad to leave. Still, it was important to go, and experience this wonderful family reunion. Fight on, mum!