A little note.

I returned from cold but sunny Finland on Sunday afternoon after a lovely weekend with family and friends. I must admit that the best part of the weekend was spending a whole day with the nephew first getting all covered in blue crayon and singing lion hunt while dancing wildly around the flat followed by a chilling session in a comfy chair with music and storybooks. I think everyone should try to spend a day with a 3-year-old regularly. It must be the key to staying young as at the airport I was thought to be 10 years younger than I am. That definitely made me smile too!

Otherwise life has pretty much returned to normality. I'm working, as always, and looking forward to the next visitor whose ETA is about a week and a half away. The weather has gotten a little bit cooler again (it's still about 20 degrees out) so I suppose we are back to the "correct" temperatures for the season but I must admit I kind of hope the hot weather will soon return.

Homebound

Its been a while since I have written anything. This is not because I abandoned the blog, it's just that I have been too busy! It's all very positive of course, it's about time that my social life picks up a little. The past weekend was spent in good company as my friend from England came to visit. We had an interesting and most unexpected Friday night here in "my" town, enjoying the local drink Spritz with a student of mine and some of his friends. Thank you guys, it was fun! On Saturday we visited Venice. We were blessed with stunning weather: bright sky and warm sun. As we returned from the station to my flat some guy yelled "carne fresca" (fresh meat) at us. I generally ignore these comments but that one really left me wanting to speak my mind..

On Sunday it was Verona's turn. Verona is my personal favourite out of the two, partly because it seems more laid back and partly because I prefer the shopping there. We sat on some steps near the Verona Arena watching the social life of a piazza in an Italian city and enjoying the late afternoon sun. After returning home we headed out for a pizza. I would like to think my friend had a pretty complete Veneto experience and hopefully she enjoyed her stay. The cherry on top on Sunday was again another meat comment; This time it was a random guy from the back window of a 4x4 shouting "BEEF!". It was doubly funny because of the carne fresca-episode, plus this guy was actually laughing as he yelled it which made it mostly just silly. What a strange country..

This week I have been extra busy because I'm going home to Finland tomorrow. I'm very much looking forward to spending some time with family and good friends. I'm not looking forward to the cold weather however, I much prefer this +24 that we have had in the past week but it will be great being able to bring some summer clothes and shoes to Italy finally. It will be almost like if I had been shopping, seeing all my things again!

This time I have nothing deep to write about, as you can see. It's all been just hectic and I'm quite tired and really wish I could open a bottle of wine and relax in good company but unfortunately tonight there is not even the flatmate to share it with me and I don't feel like downing a whole bottle on my own since I will spend most of my day tomorrow travelling (and marking students' exams!). I doubt it would be much fun while hungover.