We said our goodbyes to Germany and our wonderful hosts on Monday morning and headed to the airport for our first of two flights to get to Finland. The boys don’t seem to mind the travel days so much — here’s how they experience the various airports. Hannover:
Copenhagen:
The flights were uneventful, we managed to retrieve our rental car pretty easily at the Helsinki airport, and soon we were on our way to Arto and Tarja’s house in Riihimäki. They welcomed us warmly and we visited with them for a while and then had an early dinner at their house. After dinner they took us on a little tour of the town, and we went to an observation tower to get a look from high up. The amount of trees is staggering!
After some time there, we drove to Kari and Anne’s house to meet them and we had a nice visit at their house. (I don’t have any pictures from this visit, unfortunately.) When we got back to Arto and Tarja’s house, the boys had their first sauna — a little slice of Finnish heaven for the Moision boys! (I don’t have any pictures of that either but that’s probably a good thing!)
Here’s a slideshow of the photos I did manage to get on this day.