Kesälomat

So, the time is nigh....summer holidays here I come! Heading to Scotland (sunny Glasgow) on Friday, Juhannusaatto, for a wee stint at "home"!

I am, however, working for the first week in Scotland; mostly with the Scottish Enterprise and a joint international study we've been doing with them, amongst other things.

My wisdom tooth has once again got infected so I will hopefully be getting that extracted next week by Andrew. This morning was reasonably amusing, I had to go to Hatanpää (the public emergency hospital in Tampere) to visit the dentist (Hammaslääkari). She asked in Finnish whether I understood and I told her some and she took that to mean ALL, blatantly, but it was fine, I managed to understand her in the end, I was quite impressed with myself! :D

She took one quick look in my mouth and just prescribed antibiotics. Result.

However, on leaving the hospital building I got a wee bit disoriented and couldn't find the bus stop...so I wandered around for a while, stumbling upon some buildings and a part of the hospital which I later ascertained was the mental institute! That explains the screams I could hear from the buildings, fear! I must say though, the patients have a very nice view, right on the banks of Pyhäjärvi!

Well, 1 day left in the office and then I'm offski! I anticipate missing Finland though whilst I'm away (that is, a sunny Finland, to be more accurate!) and all the wonderful Finnish customs!

Hauskaa kesää kaikille!