Getting a new puppy

Since my dear dog "Viki" died last Sept.25, I never did feel myself totally alright.
Even I did have several splendid trips, partly in very good company, but I somehow hated to come back to my empty home, not having this tiny Bison Frise with its smiling face, barking different sounds, jumping with wildly wagging tail. All people, who ever owned a dog know what I mean.
Now, day after tomorrow I'll fly to Oulu with Anna, who is more than just a pretty girl friend of my son Kristian. From this Northern Finnish city we will pick up a three months old puppy (a Bison Frise- boy too) and fly back to Helsinki with it, actually with him. I really am very excited!

Visiting Saaremaa Island in Estonia

Just yesterday I came back from a long weekend on the most beautiful Saaremaa. I was a group leader of 25 members of our Finnish Club, and I am very proud to say that everybody seemed to be absolutely satisfied with our program of four days in this sunny, very friendly and pleasant rural atmosphere. The local farmer's food was excelent, but for most men (13) the experience to remember, was an old smoke sauna on last Friday evening. The boat trip on Viking Xpres took 2,5 hours from Helsinki to Tallinn (Estonian capital) and then a bus trip 4,5 hours, including a ferry of 30 minutes, to Kuressaare, the capital of Saaremaa. This island will be one day a really popular tourist spot, having today the most visitors, maybe 80% from Finland, but even we are not too many down there. The golf players and hunters have already found there their posibilities, however Saaremaa offers much, much more.