Another great week!

This week there has been a lot of activities in Pietarsaari, the nearest bigger town. On Wednesday me and D visited an international market (we were there at the beginning, so it wasn't very busy, but we had nice Ethiopian food), checked out some Chinese photos, talked to friends of mine and then when to play in the park. After that I was struck by shoppingmania :), clothes and a pair of shoes just jumped at me!!

I felt as high as after four days of qigong, it was so great to find fitting things when I wasn't really looking! Here some photos from the day.

There was music most of the time in the pedestrian zone

Thought D might like the carousel - he didn't, I did though. This photo also tells me: when routines set in around September, this girl goes on a diet :)

On our way to the playground we stopped to admire the fish in the pond.














Couldn't quite keep up with D - he wanted to check out the train, which he had seen from the carwindow earlier on!














Then we spent some time playing in and outside of the train...

After that I told D: "Mummy would like to check out a few shops" - on my way too the cashpoint (ran quickly out of money) these shoes hypnotized me when I passed them :). I love them, haven't bought beautiful shoes in a looong time.












In the evening we went for a small biketour - our river is the prettiest thing we have!.

On Thursday D went to his dad again, on Friday I had an invitation to a meeting of people who studied at university together. That was so nice, we talked and talked and talked - there were people I hadn't seen in 14 years! Didn't take any photos, was too busy talking. Yesterday was a rainy day, so even if I would've liked to go to Pietarsaari to listen to music and mingle, I simply felt too lazy. Instead I finally finished "The Kite Runner" - such a good novel!! Felt very moved, especially since I kept thinking that a lot in the book might've well been what one of "my" asylumseekers also had experienced.

Inspired by Simone, I went around taking some photos in the garden - a lot of flowers, a lot of weeds as well, unfortunately. But I didn't take pictures of those :). Next week there will be a bit of work (actually did a tiny translation on Friday as well), but still a lot of socialising :). This is such a great summer!!!