Almost two weeks ago I went to Stockholm with my husband to see Midland's concert. We had bought tickets in 2020 and their tour had been rescheduled three times.
Amazingly we were in Stockholm, Nalen to watch a great show on a Sunday evening. And the next day we took a walk in Stockholm before heading to the airport.
Good times!
For some reason I haven't been running for a few years. Now I went for a run yesterday and I'm very happy about that!
Running has many benefits, just to mention a few:
Life is a marathon, not a sprint.
We usually visit at least one museum while traveling with kids. In March we found this interesting place in Buckinghamshire, England.
Bletchley Park witnessed the employment of the world's first large-scale electronic digital computer. And grew into a major provider of intelligence which contributed significantly to Allied successes.
Over nine thousand people worked at Bletchley Park and it's associated outstations. It was a place that have helped shape the world we live in today, and the epicentre of World War Two codebreaking.
The reason that Bletchley Park surroundings looked very familiar to me is the film Enigma. Visiting Bletchley Park felt like travelling back in time and imagining the codebreakers sitting in the park having a break from their work.
The kids liked the place too, there were many places to explore.
We visited London a few weeks ago. The feeling of travelling again after a long time! To be among people and in a big city was great.
London is a familiar place where we have been so many times.
Here in Finland we it is snowing right now. The winter came back.
I have tried to find something to write.
November is not exactly my favorite month of the year.
In the morning it's very dark, until it isn't.
At three pm it starts feeling like it's nine in the evening.
I should really do some exercise or take a walk. I should.
Instead it's fun to eat chocolate.
I know this too shall pass. Now I'm focusing on doing the things I have to.
Like warming the house.
We visited the Island of Seili in October. It looked so pretty that I had to take a few pictures. There is also a church on the island, now it was closed, so we didn't have a chance to see it. The café was open.
The island has an interesting or actually terrifying history. There has been a leper hospital, that the Swedish King Gustaf Adolf II gave a order to build in 1619. The remote location of the island was the reason why it was built there. The leprosy began to disappear and in the 1700s a mental asylum was built on the main island. Mentally ill persons where treated there until 1962. The University of Turku has taken over the buildings after that.
There has been humans living on the island for a long time. Seili has most likely been almost treeless in 1600-1900s. Now you will find forest on the island.
The island has opened for tourists in 2017.
If not thinking about the history, the island is a very beautiful place.
More about the island:
Reading and writing at the same time is possible, everything is easily within view.
My list of advantages
The disadvantage is that it needs space.
And of course it is a bit more expensive than smaller monitor.
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