i spent the last days in the finnish lakeland, near mikkeli. far away from the rest of the world (more precisely: 9 km to the next village), at a lake. with electricity, though, but without running water. but who needs a shower if you have a whole lake! the water wasn’t exactly warm anymore, but it was warm enough to spend a lot of time inside. if it is too cold, there’s a sauna next to the cottage, wood-operated of course. there’s also a rowing boat, to explore the tiny part of the huge lake (or shall i say, system of lakes?) near enough. also, during this time of the year, the place was essentially bug free. i maybe got one or two bites during one week, without using any repellant. here are a few impressions.
in case you’re interested, the website of the cottage owner can be found here. i had one of the punainen mökit (“red cottages”).
(the birds on the water are probably whooper swans.)
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it’s so beautiful up there! thanks for the impressions. looks like you have great holidays!
sorry for just answering now… it were indeed great holidays. and i already want back ;)