Thursday, May 9

Today is Ascension Day, which is a comon holiday, which means that all the shops are shut. We got up late and had a lengthy brunch.

The weather is hot, dray and blue, and Auo and I are out on our bikes. This is our first lengthy ride of the year. We have cycled passed the gas station and down to the sea, where we turned left. Now we are watching some swans who seem completely unperturbed by us.

We will spend a couple of hours cycling past the allotments and an abandoned house and end up near Vuosaari by the fire station.