Bordeaux II

Heippa all,

Still in Bordeaux, sitting on the new sofa in the little house on the back yard. Almost all renovation is done, some walls i have to paint still. It has been more than fun to do something with my own hands and to see how the result builds up to be something quite nice =) Also staying in place for a bit longer time has been more than lovely, sleeping in a proper bed, eating the lunch and the dinner with the family and meeting friends. Just perfect!

Now since i have a sofa where to sit i loaded the photos from my camera on the compu and i will put some of them now here for you to see. Later when i have time and motivation ill do the same with Brunos camera and then you can see his side of the happenings ;o)

Anyhow enjoy the Sunday, and Happy Independence Day to all the Finns! I definitely have to watch the Linnanjuhlat from Yle Areena =)

*bisous*
M

Kayaking in the Mediterranean in Cinque Terre

a cave where we entered with the kayak - spooky..

one of the five small villages in Cinque Terre

Uuuuuuh... look at all the kiwis, namnam :)

one more of the five villages

The steep cliffs where the hiking path went. In the middle of olive trees and wine bushes

Humm.. For some reason i had absolutely no pictures taken after we left from Cinque Terre (Italy) and before we went hiking to Nuria (Spain). Well, maybe Bruno has taken some pics, since this is already a view from the Pyrenees on our way up to Nuria

Mikael and Sanja looking down to the snow-covered and closed Nuria

Bruno and Claire on the door steps of the Foix castle in France

Picture from one tower to the other

For the second night in France after Spain we went to sleep in a parking place in a small city in Pays Basque. The city was totally empty and we ended up drinking extremely bad (Spanish!) cider, but i got quite a nice picture of the flooding river that ran through the town.

The first view to Atlantic Ocean

The tracks that the down-tide (laskuvesi) had created in the sand in the beach

And here are some pictures (dab though..) from the first aperitive in the renovated little house with Francine, Francois, Bruno, Claire and me. Other Bruno and Hanne joined us a bit later.