Juhannus

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In Finland "the dream" is a nice house in Espoo, and a nice summer cottage by the sea, or by a lake to disappear to, and perhaps a boat. Once you have this, you have life licked. More is considered gross excess.

This weekend was "Juhannus" or "Midsummer's" - when there's a mass exodus to these cottages. I hadn't understood the appeal before. I'm a country boy, the countryside is kind of "normal" to me, and cities are exciting. Swimming at 2am in the calm quiet sea, under a dark blue sky with one winking star bright enough to be visible, between bouts of sauna, it became very, very self evident.