Post by bargemast on Nov 18, 2016 19:03:06 GMT
I forgot to say that 'terveisiΓ€' means 'Greetings'.
It's a largish village - 2 food shops, a bank, camping site, hardware store, hairdressers, masseur, church, and 2 places to buy petrol/diesel.
There's a small hotel with a bar, and another bar for alcoholics. Both depressing 'pubs' - have been once 11 years ago to look, not been back.
Himanka could really do with a proper 'English pub'.
That's the River Lestijoki - you could go down in a dinghy if you want to bump your bum a lot on the boulders!
There are good things about Finland, very pleasant surprises (such as a sauna at our bus garage of just 3 buses!), but mostly it's a really boring country, just fields and forests and lakes. Bitterly cold in Winter, mosquitoes in Summer (trillions of 'em).
Welcome to visit us if you like! I could give you a ride in my bus so you can see some fields and trees and very naughty little kids!
ps - I've posted this before. Finland does have some locks on the lake systems.
veneilya.blogspot.fi/2011/06/11-1262011-jyvaskyla-viitasaari.html
Thanks a lot for this language lesson, it's interesting I like different languages, but don't think that I'll learn finnish, unless I would have the luck to meet lovely Rita again.
She may have become a meter-maid in London
Also thank you very much for your kind offer to visit you and the ride in your bus, I've never been as far North, and as I don' enjoy driving much anymore, I don't think I'll be standing on your doorstep tomorrow (or the day after) but I do appreciate your very kind offer.
Cheers,
Peter.