Things I'm looking forward to...

I love when I have some things to look forward to. I am not talking about weekends, or meeting friends. Those happen anyway and I always look forward to these days :)

But you know, sometimes you plan ahead a trip, event ect. I am so hyped and excited about four different events:

Katy Perry concert - it'll be on 18th March, so it's the first of these events/happenings that I am looking forward to. I don't have many artists whose concert I'd like to see, but Katy Perry is the one I really want to go to!!! I already know that I will love that concert!

Väriestejuoksu - this is something so different and fun! It's this color run (about 5km) where you have different obstacles on your way. I am going there with my friend Jane and I am sure we are going to have sooo much fun. And to top that off - at the end of the event there will be a fun color party ;) More about the event HERE.

Trip to Turkey - both of my sisters and I will go to Turkey, Alanya for a week in the beginning of May. The plan came so quickly..and within days we had boughts the tickets. I am so excited! Last summer when me and my older sis went together to Turkey (Kemer) then we had so much fun!!! I am sure this year it'll be even better..we are more ready for it and we know more about Turkey ;)

I took this photo last summer in Kemer, Turkey

Naisten Kymppi - I have been to Naisten Kymppi once in my life..I think I was 13 y.o. Every year my family takes part of May Running Day (Maijooks), but since I live in Finland now, it'll be just easier to go to Naisten Kymppi (it's basically the same as Maijooks, only the distance is 10km instead of 7km). I am going there again with my friend Jane. I guess we both will start jogging/running when the snow melts, so we can be ready for that 10km distance :) More about Naisten Kymppi HERE.

I definitely have some fun events and trips to look forward to among with all the little daily and weekly things!

Back at work!

Last Wednesday was my first day back at work after summer holiday. I feel privileged to be a teacher and to have such a long summer holiday. I truly enjoyed it! But now it's time to work again!

Our kindergarten has 3 buildings. Last year I worked in Kamppi, this year I am working in Ruoholahti. It's a big change for me because I have new workmates and all new kids. 

First two days back we didn't have any kids, so we had chance to plan things, decorate ect. Like last year, this year my group has also 4 year olds - sunshines :) I am working with another teacher who is also new in Ruoholahti (she came from Töölö building). So, it's nice that this new environment is new for us both. We seem to click very well and on first day we already decided all the themes for all the weeks of the year and we also made the first 4 weeks more in-depth plan (activities, crafts ect). First two weeks are orientation and introduction because we don't know the kids and they don't know us. On third week we start the full programme (language, math ect.). 

On Friday me and all our kindergarten family went to a trip to Tallinn. It was so lovely gift from our boss. We had super fun time! First we had two ours tour with guide, then we had a lovely lunch at Cafe Komeet and after that we all had beauty treatments at Sinine Spa. At the end of the day I felt so pampered and relaxed! It was also soooo great to see my Kamppi workmates! I missed them all!!!

On our way to Tallinn. With my Kamppi friends :)

 I love little cafes in Tallinn Old Town!

 On Monday the real work started - kids came! For me it was so new to get into the new rutine at work, schedule there is a bit different. But it think by now I have gotten pretty used to it!

I don't know if I mentioned but I am working now full-time. We have 5 different shifts..but mostly I work either from 8am to 4pm or from 9am to 5pm. So far I have enjoyed it and I am sure I will countine enjoying it!!!

I had to take a day off from work today though because I needed to go to the Police Station to renew my driving license and also apply for my social security card in Finland. I got them both nicely done and now I just have to wait till these arrive :)

4 days in Estonia

We had a nice 4-days vacation in Estonia. On our first day we visited Jay's dad in Tallinn, went to the movies to see Transformers: Age of Extinction, and enjoyed good food! Very first thing we did was renting a car. We got a nice Skoda Superb that looked so cool and pretty! And it was so comfortable to drive it! Anyway, that was Wednesday. We stayed at my sister's house. Next morning we started our drive to Pärnu. We visited Jay's grandmother on the way there. So, we spent about an hour in Türi. I love her garden. It's kinda exotic and flowers are just soo tall! Love it :) And it was really old and small swing set there. I was swinging, eating gooseberries and blackcurrants. Summer, oh how I love it!

Then we kept driving and soon we arrived to Pärnu. First, we found our hotel and registered in. Our hotel room was very cozy and homey! Very clean and just lovely for a couple :) We were pretty hungry so we went to have a lunch at restoran Kroon. I really recommend their food! I got a stuffed pancake with mushrooms, zucchini and salad and for drink I had delicious fresh berry smoothie. After that food I was so full but at the same time I felt so good :) After that we went to the beach where we spent rest of our day. The weather was very nice and the sea water was just perfect! Only negative thing was that you have to walk soooo long before you can actually swim because the water just isn't deep. 

We triedto throw stones to each others belly buttons :D I won!

On the third day we decided to go to the water center Tervise Paradiis. We spent there over three hours and had so much fun :) We got to slide down these crazy tubes, sunabath at the balcony, I drank so yummie strawberry-mint smoothie and more and more swimming! I have always been afraid of jumping to the water, but finally I had courage to do it..and sure I kept jumping and jumping because I really liked it :D

So, after the long day in the water we had dinner ar Steffani's and then we drove back to Kohila where we stayed overnight. 

Next morning we visited my grandparents and then went to Tallinn and gave back the rental car. We still had about 6 hours until we had to go to the ship, so we walked around. There were Sea days near harbour. We also went to the Energy center (which was pretty borning) and then we had lunch and went to the movies to see Dawn of the Planets of the Apes. It was quite good :)

There 4 days were so nice :) We really got to enjoy ourselves, we laughed a lot, took our time with things and just relaxed and enjoyed warm summer days!

Turkey trip

Käisin oma vanema õega Türgis ilusat ilma nautimas! Nagu ma juba enne mainisin, pole ma just suur päikesereiside fänn. Vähemalt ma arvasin nii. Ja kuigi Türgis oli ülilahe, ma siiski eelistaks rohkem kultuursemaid kohti ja vaatamisväärsusi. Tegelikult on Türgis palju vaadata ja palju kultuuri, aga me lihtsalt olime tüüpilisel päikesereisil, kus veetsime aega Kemeri linnas ja rannas :) Meil juhtus seal mitmeid äpardusi, nalja sai palju ning tõesti lõbus oli :) Puhata saime!

//I went to Turkey with my sister. We stayed in Kemer for a week. It's a typical resort area with beautiful Sandhill beach. We had all included, so we had breakfast, lunch and dinner in hotel + free pool bar. Eventhough I like to travel to the places where I can see more culture and sightseeings, I still enjoyed the trip very much! I had fun with my sister and I got to rest and relax :) //

 Even if the hat doesn't look very good on me (no hat looks good on me!), it was essential not to get sunburn in my head or sunstroke.

 I loved looking at mountains! Aren't they mysterious?!

Esimesel päeval käisime türgi saunas, kus meid kooriti, pesti ja saime massaaži ka. Väga mõnus oli! Nahk oli pärast pehme kui beebi pepu :D Meil oli kõik hinnas pakett, seega saime hotellis hommikust, lõunat ja õhtust süüa. Lisaks oli koguaeg avatud tasuta baar. Toit ei vastanud päris minu ootustele. Oli kuidagi väga ühekülgne. Lõpuks enam väga ei isutanud see riis ja juurikasegu. Aga iga päev käisime ka kohalikus toitupoes, et proovida mõningaid Türgi maiuseid jms. Iga päev sõime palju arbuusi, mis oli nii hea ja magus. 

//On our first day we went to the Turkish sauna and bath. Two men were peeling our skin and then we had nice long massage. Our skin was so soft after the treatment!

The food in our hotel wasn't anything special. At first it tasted very bad, but then we got used to it. It varied only a little. Mostly we had rice and some sort of veggies.. very little meat. It's not that we needed meat, but all the fresh salads were so tasteless..and really weird. But every day we went to the local foodshop and bought some turkish delights ect. Turkish watermelons were sooo ripe, sweet and juicy! //

Half a watermelon for me, another half for my sister.

 Delicious nuts covered with sugar glaze. 

 Freshly squeezed orange juice was so sweet and refreshing!

Teisel päeval me käisime Sandhill rannas. Sealne merevesi oli nii soe, aga samas õhutemperatuurist jahedam, nii et jahutas mõnusalt :) Ilm oli kogu reisi ajal vahemikus 35-45 C kraadi. Kuna õhk on seal kuivem, kui Eestis ja Soomes, siis sealne kuumus mõjus teisiti. Mina näiteks väga higistama ei hakanud. Aga janu oli küll koguaeg. Ja selline lämbe kuumus väsitas väga ruttu! Rannas oli kõige parem, sest seal oli väike jahutav tuul. Seetõttu päevitades ei saanudki aru, kuidas päike kõrvetab. Teisel päeval rannast hotelli jõudes avastasin, et mul on vasaku jala säär põlenud :S Suur-suur punane laik. Muidugi põles ka rindade vahelt, ja veel mõnest õrnast kohast, mis pole harjunud eriti päikest saama. See punane laik säärel on ikka veel alles, hetkel tuleb sellelt nahka..

Kuid see oli mu esimene suur probleem sel reisil. Teine probleem oli sääsepunnid! Kuna õues oli nii kuum, siis loomulikult oli hotellitoas ka täielik leitsak. Aga meil konditsioneer ei töötanud. Hoidsime iga öö rõdu ust lahti ja nii ma hommikul ärkasingi sääsepunne täis!!! Häbi oli küll ringi käia, kleit seljas ja jalad suuri punaseid punne täis. Õnneks keegi ei tundnud mind seal :P

//On our second day we went to the Sandhill beach. The water temperature was so high, but it was still cooler than the air temperature. It really was sooo good to cool down in the sea :) The air in Turkey is much more dry and therefore the hotness was more bearable. I didn't even sweat. But the hot weather made me tired very fast! Being at the beach was the best because there was more windy. I got sunburnt after my first day at the beach :/ I still have a huge red mark on my skin :S

Second bad thing that happened to my skin were mosquito bites :S My legs were full on red dots. We were keeping our balcany window open every night because it was so hot in our room and we thought our conditsionere didn't work. Later we found out there was a remote for that.. We felt really blond that that moment! //

 This photo was taken on our last day.. which was the only cloudy day :P

Alles kaks päeva enne ära lendu küsisime alt registratuurist konditsioneeri kohta. Selgus, et me ei osanud seda lihtsalt käima panna..selle jaoks oli pult, aga me arvasime (õigemini mu õde arvas), et see on teleka pult (mis pani meid koguaeg imestama, miks telekas selle puldiga ei funktsioneeri :D). Nalja igatahes sai!

Kolmanda päeva veetsime jahi peal, mis nägi välja kui piraadilaev. Jaht tegi vahepeal peatusi ja siis sai end erinevate randade vetes jahutada :) 

Ülejäänutel päevadel käisime ikka igapäev poodides, veetsime osa päevast rannas, sõime jne. Ühel päeval otustasime hotelli õhtusöögist loobuda ning läksime hoopis linnapeale ühte kohalikku söögikohta kebabi sööma. Saime küll soovitust veits erineva toidu, aga see-eest saime tasuta türgi teed juua ning koju saime kaasa imehead türgi saia!!!

Türgis on väga populaarne õunatee, mis tõesti maitseb nii hästi. See on mõnus hapukas! Me jõime seda enda hotellis :)

Ostin koju kaasa türgi halvaad, külmkapile magneti ning ühe käsitöö kausi, mida kasutan nüüd kommikausina :D Perekonnale ostsin tüüpilisi türgi maiuseid. 

//Our third day we spent on a yacht that looked like a pirateship! We got to swim, sunbath, eat good food and just to enjoy Turkish nature that we saw :)
Rest of our days we mostly went to shops, spent lots of time at the beach, ate and also rested in our hotel room. We had long conversations, we both read a book, ate Trukish snacks and over all enjoyed our stay!

One evening we decided to ditch our dinner in hotel and dined out. After our meal we got a real Turkish tea that was very dark, and we got free Turkish bread that we took to the hotel with us. It tasted sooo good!!! 

From Turkey I bought halva, fridge magnet and handmade bowl for candies. And for my family members I bought Turkish sweets :) //

 Very salty but clear and perfectly warm/cool water :D

 Vacation means you can rest and relax. It also means you can read :D:D:D

 Our typical night before going to bed :P (it didn't capture our dances and other crazy things we did in our balcony :D)

 Sisters. Do we look alike?! :D

 Our yacht!

 Dinner at local Turkish kebab place :)

 Time to fly home...

Bonjour Paris! #Part1

Veetsime Johannesega 24.-27.aprill Pariisis. Need neli päeva olid lihtsalt imelised! Enne reisi tegime plaani valmis, mida kindlasti külastada ja näha tahame. Nägime tegelikult veel palju palju palju rohkem :) Uskumatu, kui palju jõuab 4 päevaga teha. Nüüd tean tulevikuks ka, et 4-päevane reis on täiesti ideaalne!

Pariisi lendasime SAS lennukiga Helsingist hommikul vara. Vahe istumine oli Kopenhaagenis, aga õnneks oli lendude vahel vaid 55 minutit, seega kohe kui lennukist maha saime, läksime teise väravasse ja õigepea saimegi uuele lennukile. 

Pariisis läksime lennujaamast bussiga Pariisi keskusesse. See bussireis oli väga huvitav ja tore avapauk meie kogemusele Pariisis. Saime teada ja tunda, et Pariisi liiklus on väga erinev Eesti ja Soome omast. Kõik muudkui andsid signaali, püüdsid ikka vahelt läbi, reegleid nagu polnudki. Bussijuht oli nii julge...täiesti ükskõikne teiste juhtide suhtes. Me juba vahepeal kartsime, et ei jõua elusalt kohalegi..aga jõudsime. Keskusest läksime metrooga mõned peatused edasi oma hotellini. Meie hotell asus Rue de Saint Antonio tänaval. See tänav osutus me reisi jooksul meile nii hubaseks ja ilmselt mu lemmikuks tänavaks Pariisis. Seal oli kõik olemas: toidupoed, söögikohad, riidepoed, metroopeatus ja lisaks veel oli seda tänavat mööda minnes võimalik jõuda paljude kuulsate ehitiste juurde. 

Hotelli jõudes tutvusime oma toaga, jätsime asjad sinna ja suundusime välja. Sõime lõunat ühes restoranis ning siis suundusime vaatamisväärsuseid otsime. Kusjuures, toidust rääkides ma pean ära mainima, et kogu nende 4 päeva jooksul ei saanud mina ega Johannes restoranis midagi head süüa. Täiesti uskumatu, aga nad tõesti ei oska süüa teha. Ka kõige lihtsam Ceasari salat oli nii happeline, et mul tekkisid kõrvetised kõhus:S Parim söök, mida ma reisi jooksul sain, oli McDonaldsi burger ning toidupoest ostetud magustoidud (pudingud, jogurtid, jms). 

Esimesel päeval käisime Notre Dame (Jumalaema kirik) üleval vaateplatvormil. Pidime päris tükk aega järjekorras seisma, et sinna üles saada. Üles läksime keerdtreppidest, kokku oli 220 astet! Ülesse jõudes olin päris väsinud (pea käis ringi), aga vaade oli see eest nii ilus! Kui tagasi alla olime jõudnud, siis läksime lukkudega silla juurde (Pont de l'Archeveche), kuhu külge on tohutult palju lukke pandud. Me ostsime ka ühe luku, kirjutasime oma nimed ja kuupäeva peale, lukustasime selle silla külge ning viskasime võtme vette. Pärast seda jalutasime niisama ringi. Olime mõlemad päris väsinud. Käisime tavalises toidupoes ja ostsime prantsuse snäkke :) 

Teisel päeval läksime hotellist välja kl 10.00. Seadsime sammud Eiffeli torni poole (õigemini läksime metroo peale). Prantsuse metroosüsteem on ülimalt lihtne ja selge. Sul lihtsalt pole võimalik valele metroole istuda! Me kasutasime erinevaid metroosid meie reisi jooksul, aga kordagi ei istunud valele ega eksinud ära. Metrood ise olid päris vanad ja kohati oli tunne, et kohe juhtub õnnetus..need ju sõidavad kiiresti ja ma kahtlesin nende võimes sellele kiirusele vastu pidada. Aga kohalikud tundusid nii rahulikud ja ei teinud välja, kui metroo imelikku häält tegi või jubedaid kurve võttis. Püüdsin ka rahulik olla :)

Eiffeli torn oli minu jaoks kõige olulisem asi, mida ma reisil näha tahtsin. Tegime selle juures mitmeid pilte. Samuti ostsime pileti, et Eiffeli torni üles ronida. Esimesele platvormile sai treppidest. Seal sai osta uue pileti ning siis liftiga teisele platvormile sõita. Vaade oli nii ilus. Aga kuna ilm läks lõpuks päris pilviseks, siis selle aja peale, kui me teisele platvormile jõudsime, segas meie vaadet udu (või pilved). Näha oli küll, aga selge ilmaga oleks veelgi kaugemale näinud ning ilusamaid pilte saanud teha. Aga kogu see Eiffeli torni üles ronimine oli omaette elamus. Olime Johannesega mõlemad kuidagi nii elevil ja muudkui tegime pilte, sai palju nalja jne. Hästi tore kogemus igal juhul!!! 

Pärast Eiffeli torni sõime mõlemad ühe hea juustuse hotdogi ning läksime Triumfikaare juurde. Tegime seal pilte. Triumfikaare juurest läheb üks suurimaid šoppamise tänavaid. Käisime mööda seda ning asutusime päris paljudesse poodidesse sisse ka. Mul oli kindel soov Sephorasse minna ning läksingi, kuid kahjuks ei leidnud sealt midagi...Võib-olla oli asi selles, et Johannes ootas väljas ning ma ei tahtnud liiga kaua ringi vaadata.. Igatahes, sain ära käia. Midagi erilist ei olnud, aga mõni Sephora enda toode jäi küll silma :) 

Tagasi hotelli jalutades nägime palju ehitisi, kujusid jms. Pariis on tõesti igasuguseid vaatamisväärsusi täis! Ratsanikekujud on iga nurga peal. Kohati tundus meile, et need on kõik ühesugused :P

Need olid lühidalt kokkuvõttes meie reisi esimesed kaks päeva!

To be continued... ;)