A picture tells 1000 words...

and I don't have enough time to write 1000's of words. This is Croey 2007...Need I say more??

Look what happens when your computer gets sick?

You forget all of your passwords and have to wait 2 weeks for it to come back from the repair shop!

So there have been many things to celebrate...


Summer...


Visa...


Being happy...


Having a great grill + great friends...


Enjoying the scenery...


Having a great midsummer...


Relaxing with great food...


Getting the last piece of paper work needed for living in Finland (for now)...

Good to be connected again, now warming up for the holidays :)

Old places, familar faces...

The past weeks has been filled with visiting some old stomping grounds and seeing some friendly (and missed) faces...

Visiting Belgie (for work, but I managed to fit in some socializing :P)

A great dinner with the crew :)


Awesome dinner @ Osku + Simones fab house


And Kantsu...


The top of the roof when you jump out my old room :) ahh the memories...


Its been a while...


First time seeing Pike since she got back from India..

What a great week + great weekend! Keep it coming :P

Warning: Time to leave the page if you don't want to see photos of Eleni...

Lately, visiting the UK means a million photos of Eleni and not much else. But what can you do when she is just so cute...



But we all have our moments... :P


A night off to Shane and Marie, as we go out for dinner and a couple of games of pool.


I managed to fluke in a few good shots!


All smiles


Taking bets that she walks before she crawls


Enjoying the Muumi we got her


No, it's not windy!!


Play time with Jukka :)

O the good times :)

I recently had this random girl come and visit me in Helsinki, yes, that random girl is called Anna.
Thanks for visiting girl, hopefully not the last time...

We have not changed a bit...


She is still crazy...

(This is Anna enjoying the Eurovision crap that was jammed into Helsinki)

But so am I...

(two for the price of one: you can get a great view of Helsinki as well as go to the bathroom!)

Not to mention Jukka...

(This is our new BBQ, so cute!!)

Classic


But it was great to have someone here to remind me of the many things I love about this country...

Oh Vienna :)

To reward ourselves for living through a freezing cold Finnish Easter, Jukka and I took a lovely long weekend to Vienna.
Oh the sun, the wine, the sights, the 'interesting' accommodation, oh Vienna...

ahh!!! This is sun! Can't see a thing! Hurts my eyes that are accustomed for dark :P not to mention the reflection from our white as white tan :)


Flip flops!! Bring that on!! Needless to say, we ended up with some nice red noses by the end of the weekend.


The highlight was visiting the wine village not far from Vienna's center. Look you can even get wine in coffee cups, perfect replacement for a morning coffee no? But in all seriousness, very nice wine, and very nice prices. Comparable in price to the lovely Australian 'goon' however not tasting ANYTHING like it :)


God damn I finished this!


Last night, boo for last nights, but we found a great little place just around the corner from where we were staying. Cheers!


And a nice sight to remember a great, relaxing holiday :)

First for everything!

Sometimes life is just so full that you run out of time for bloggin :P

Even though living in a country I have lived before, the past months have brought with them many firsts in my life...


First time at -350 meters into the ground! For work, we had an event at -350, and well, it was pretty unusual. This was a deep as the Eiffel Tower is high - pretty crazy no? Also the site for one of the Amazing Race check points, and will have many scenes from an upcoming movie 'the story of Christmas.' Does not happen every day :P

First Jääkiekko (Ice hockey) game!
Ok, a bit of a shame it took me so long to do this one, but it was GREAT :) For full impact experience, we sat behind the penalty box, so lots of cranky men there :P
Here are the winners..


and the losers...


First sunny days :P
A few weeks ago, we went to Jukka's family cottage and were able to experience sitting in the sun without jackets - slight shame that the weather insisted on diving back into freaken freezing for the Easter break with a small amount of snow (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) on Friday.

(standing on the sea looking back at the sauna)

I am also now the proud owner/borrower of a BIKE!!!
I gotta bike, I gotta bike, I gotta bike bike bike bike bike!! Bring that right on... now I just need the wind to drop, the sun to shine and it to increase by about 10degrees! No worries :P

A bit of Moẽt, a bit of Godurn ??

Many many many things worth celebrating these days, so taking a moment to pause and have a glass or two of Moẽt :)
Happy times


And a hilarious moment:) This is our door, guess who GODURN is??