Roma - september 2008

Roma - I was there and I wish I would still be there...

A Good Trip! Weather was better than fine, whole week was sunny and about +30'C so warm but not too hot. We had plenty of program but we try to take everynting quite easily whitout stress or too tight timetables.

FOOD is so good in Italy - at least if you know the right Restaurants. Definately the best pizza of the word could get from Da Bafetto (Via del Governo Vecchio, 114) And best pasta from Edy (Vicolo del Babuino, 4) Gelato is naturaly good in many gelateria but for me the best place is Giolitti -Definately, every taste are sooo good! Especially cinnamon, yogurt bianco and ACE. Few other very good gelateria are Della Palma (yogurt bianco, raffello..<3) San Crispino (plum and ginger-cinnamon)

Fashion you can't speak same time from finnish shops and italian boutiques... There is just too much and only limited count of money. I found 5 new bag and 3 new high heels, 2 dress and 5 skirt and many nice azessorices <3 But too many tourist shop with nonusefull staff, too many people who want just your money and don't wan't serve you if don't look good. I love Italy and I definately can think to live there but every country, every city and village have also them bad sides.

Very much to see. Mostly I've see before but you never bored to walk around the area of Foro Romano and Palatino, have a picnic at hot and dust Circo Massimo or help people take themself memoryphoto with Colosseum. We visit into many curch and cathedral as well as several crypt and all off those are different, many of them I'll remember always -like Vatican with all those amazing work of Raffaello <3

One week is always too short...

Tahko Downhill ski -week on April 2008

The first week of April and weather was amazing! Sunshine nearly everyday, not too much so the snow was still snow -not a water but enough to warm and get colour into my face. We rent a cottage with 2 beathroom, sauna and a big living room with fire place. It was clean, quite new and cute with all comforts (disk mashine, microowen, tv and cable cannels) so nearly perfect -exapt those thousands ants whom also live in one corner of kitchen. So we definately didn't keep our foods in that corner! Otherwise I like the cottage very much and actually I learn to live with ants quite quickly -only the first day was a little chaotic...
Tahko is nice freetime centre with several activities. I spend nearly whole week on hill with my snowboard and was sooo ecstatic! Didn't have time this winter (yeah, What Winter!?) to go snowboarding so I have to take all enjoy from this possibility. Of course we use the restaurants while we were on holiday, not doing homeworks (well, cooking is nice sometimes and yes, we did food our own twice durin that week) For all those tahko restaurants I can really really recommend Syvärin Kunkku which is atmospheric small medieval restaurant near slopes. food was great, service was kind, menu wasn't too long but very good and there was quite long and quality beer menu also (more than 40 different beers) well, I didn't drunk those but my beerlover-father praised those were excellent. You can't eighter forgot Pehkubaari which are on the top of the hill and where is good soap lunchs, happy after-skis and many spcialities like old time sauna, cabinet for companies or partys etc..
There is good spa and wellness centrum also but we utilize only the bowling-hall. Didn't play my best but made at least one full strike and didn't lose many points for my mom.
I had an excellent holiday 'cause of lot of fresh air, exercise, good food, lovinf company, enough sleep and a classik book (I read Little womens since a long time)