Friday, December 21, 2012

Merry Christmas from the Land of Santa Claus!


"Ho-ho-ho - Merry Christmas!"

Except that's just what the Coca Cola Santa says, not what the real one says. The real one asks if there are any nice children in the house. "Onko täällä kilttejä lapsia?" A very important phrase to learn, if traveling to Finland this time of the year. The answer is preferably "kyllä on!", assuming you have been good. 

Judging by the firm hug, I have been good this year. 

This post has little to do with Australia, except in that way that I took a lot of pictures in Australia and that habit has stuck. I tend to fuss about pictures and my friends are probably sick and tired of me either stopping to take pictures or asking people to pose. :)

December 6th is the Independence Day in Finland and me and my friend Jatta headed out with cameras and took some pictures.  I hope you enjoy them and I wish everyone...

 A very Merry and Relaxing Christmas and A Happy New Year 2013!


Näsinneula in da background. Love the railroad wire mess. 

Frozen needles.

Talk about black and white. Mostly white. 

Sissisorsa. Isänmaan asialla.  

Tammerkoski, the rapids of Tampere, downtown. 

Spotted some colour.

 
The perfect weather for a merry-go-around ride. 



Charming characters.

That donkey can chew just about anything with those Lego/Dublo blocks. 

Chilling