Well it's been a relatively busy last few days. My plan-less weekend turned out being quite full in the end, which is always nice :) On Saturday Laura and I went to the public sauna in the Kauppi area: herrlich! I had been there a couple weeks before with Aiesec but didn't actually use the sauna. Then I was thinking that it was such a beautiful spot and that I'd definitely have to go back soon, which is what I did! We weren't planning on taking a dip in the lake, but somehow once you're there, sitting on the top bench inside the sauna (for me that was way too hot actually, it felt like my skin was literally sizzling, inside my ears and nose too....eek) with 90 degrees, you go outside and dipping in the lake seems like a very good idea! It's fantastic...when you get back out of the water, the feeling and the noise of your blood pumping around your body is immense! I must point out that the lake is of course frozen right now and the hole is artificially made by some machine under the water!
Then Laura and her parents very kindly invited me to dinner with them in Veganissimo, a vegetarian restaurant in Tampere and it was delicious, yum! I was so starving by that time too, the food couldn't have tasted any better. Later on we went to Klubi to see a band called 22pistepirko...it means "22 spotted ladybird" or something like that! They were really big in the 70's and 80's I think but are making a comeback. It was good, they played really well but I thought there could have been a little more band-audience interaction. Afterwards we expected a good dancing session in Klubi but given the tone of the band...the DJ's selection was quite random so we didn't stay too long! Did however hear "kom säger dom" by Familjen, the band from Skåne, Sweden which supported Kent at their gig here in Tampere last month. They're definitely growing on me.
The weather has been stunning for the past few days so Sunday was spent with a nice walk around the lake in Hervanta and then I caught up with Leena and Kirsi, Leena had popped up to Tampere for the weekend. Can't believe we hadn't seen each other since I was in Åbo in October last year, time flies by so mentally fast...there was definitely some good banter! We chilled in Kirsi's flat amongst all her animals for a while before heading into town to a couple of pubs; ended up in Henrys bar, it's nice in there, full of men, lol.
Now I have an infected wisdom tooth again, it's such a pain in the ass, recurring and it's got to the stage where i think i'll just have it pulled out. It's not fun. Så...ultimately, I'm just chilling out tonight, needs must.
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