Fun with Numbers.

3. the number of ticks i found on me yesterday after mushroom and berry picking in the woods all morning. 

1. the number of poisonous snakes i almost stepped on at ina's cabin. 

15. the number of 'tourist hot spots' ina and i visited in tampere during our 4 hours in the city. 

102. ina's temperature yesterday. 

4. the number of times i stalled the car driving around Turku trying to find an open pharmacy to buy her some medicine.

5. the number of euros spent on a new outfit from a finnish thrift store.. a truly divine experience.

8. the average number of times i get lost trying to go on runs around finnish towns. 

10. the average number of courses in a finnish breakfast. 

The cabin/cooking area we hiked into outside Jyvaskyla. 

With lovely Sorkkila by the lake.

Matilda berry picking the old-fashioned way, while Henkka
uses a new-fangled contraption. 

A mini sauna IN THE BATHROOM. Amazing.

Textile museum in Tampere. Yay flannel pajamas!

Random tourist shot with a gingerbread house.

Another massive breakfast...

Ina struck "Finnish Gold"!

The fruits of our labour. 

View from Johanssen's Cabin. 

Wineberries! And some other berry I have yet to identify that
looks like a miniature watermelon. 

With Ina's Grandma, Linnea. She didn't know
any English, but kept trying to speak to me in
Swedish... she must've known it's in the blood. 

Another INGENIOUS Finnish invention: a dish
drying rack in your cupboard.