Monday, February 5, 2007

The crazy Finns!

One thing I can't understand about the Finns...they cycle everywhere no matter how cold the weather. Petra and I did a really Finnish thing today and decided to cycle into town (6km) in -20 DEGREES weather!! I have never felt so cold in my life !! Crazy Finns!
(Cycling with just jeans and no thermals was not a smart idea either...NOTE TO SELF: always, ALWAYS wear thermals!).

Petra and I borrowed some bikes from Wolfi (Austrian) and Karolina (our Polish housemate). Petra (with Karolina's bike) and I (with "Jacqueline"...i.e. Wolfi's bike) on the bridge nearby Oulu town centre.
We had to go into town to Nordea bank as Petra had to open up a bank account and I had to activate my internet banking so that i can pay my rent for this month which is due today. Even though the weather was cold, it ended up being a beautiful day, the sun was shining brightly all day! and it was still quite an experience cycling into town in -20 degrees weather!!

When we arrived back at 6pm we were starving and frozen. Wolfi came over and made a delicious "Bratwurst", scrambled eggs with salami for dinner. While Chef Wolfi was preparing dinner, we warmed ourselves with some much deserved and needed tea and chocolate biscuits!
A happy and warmer Petra, relieved to be back in our comfy, warm flat!
Our gourmet meal!
A very hungry Dori (aka ME) and Wolfi...

2 comments:

Kai said...

Hey Dori and Petra, you two are my heros ;-) Your so though I can't believe it! -20 is realy cold. Here in Germany we can dream of such tempratures. Love Kai

Dori said...

Thnx Kai:)...am happy someone appreciates our bravery...

Love Dori