Our neighbour in Kampitie has two apple trees, one of which overhangs the 6B compund. They look absolutely gorgeous as they are now in full blossom.
My camera certainly does not do the view justice.
With the grandchildren and daughter back, life is really so exciting.
Yesterday, while I was doing my morning chores around town, I received the text message from Joanna -"Kids awake, asking where is grandpa?"
My reply - "Will be there in 20 minutes!"
I now have company as I scour the City for news for this blog.
Samu and I visited the Oulu Castle - which is "comparatively" the size of the postcard you print the picture on.
The view from the watch tower is interesting.
The Coffee Shop is run by two friendly people, Merja Sipola and Tuomas Ketola. Merja was more reserved (not talking to strange grandfathers!) but Tuomas was incredibly outgoing.
They should try to get the Computer Game designed by son-in-law Tony's group at Oulu University as part of their Castle programme! It would make the visit to the Castle more topical.
We went to the Thai Pailin Restaurant so that Samu could get something to eat. He ate the chicken curry and rice, which was well spiced, with great relish, even taking a second helping. I stuck to the vegetarian soup which had seaweed and no fish sauce, so I could even take a helping back for Joanna.
We met Pentti, Sisko and their youngest daughter Maria, who has just finished her studies and got a job at the Oulu Hospital. They were celebrating Maria's good fortune, and what better place to do it then this friendly Thai Restaurant.
Also visiting was Oulu's Harley Davidson Queen, Virpi of the Pick Cats, the first woman's Motorcycle Club in Finland!
Samu and I did an incredible amount of driving around, doing shopping for many people.
But the day ended on a note of relaxation as Samu and I watched the two Football World Cup games. The German - Costa Rica match was really terrible, with Germany winning quite easily, but not looking as a sound enough team to win the cup. The Poland - Ecuadaor game had some really good football, but the Latin American side was miles ahead of the Poles in their skill and won the game quite easily.
It looks like we are going to spend several great hours in front of the "google box" this summer!
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