Not much went on during the week, but now that the weekend is here it’s time for another festival. Being a medieval city itself, Turku is the perfect setting for the Medieval Festival. Despite the temperature reaching the high 70’s, traditional garments were worn… and traditional foods were eaten. This was a lettuce wrap filled … More Medieval Festival
Neither of us has been to Canada yet, but it’s near the top of our list of places to see! Still no word on where we’re headed next, but we were told that we should know within the next two weeks.
We had dinner this weekend at Britt’s boss’ house (delicious), and for dessert we helped to make homemade pulla. The main ingredients are cardamom, butter and sugar, so obviously it was delicious! Not only was it good to eat, it was easy to make as well. It’s definitely a recipe I’ll be keeping handy!
This weekend is yet ANOTHER holiday here in Finland, this time everyone is celebrating Midsummer. We forgot that everything closes for the holidays here, and didn’t get our groceries before the everything shut down and the festivities began. With almost no food in the apartment and two days until the grocery stores open back up … More Well…That was interesting
Market Square is a great place to spend an afternoon mulling in between the stalls, and since it’s only 2 blocks from our apartment it’s a place that we frequent. Today, however, was the first time that we came across the British Fudge Company stall. Never in my life have I ever seen so much … More Holy Fudge, Batman!
The Wild Rose 