Pretty Winter Things

A pictorial compilation of Finnish winter fun-true, we can only spend 5 minutes outside at a time, but we make the most of it:

In Juankoski, our annual christmas retreat, the snow was at the perfect sculpting temperature (around 0 degrees Celsius) just after we arrived.


Then it got colder - perfect for skiing (pictures can't be made public in case I ever run for presidency).


Back in Helsinki, after the new year's celebrations in Turku, and after a further drop of the mercury to a stunning minus ten to twelve degrees, we take one of our 42 cars and drive to Nuuksio to stand on frozen water.


..and to warm ourselves with fire and sausage.