Thanks for your comments last post. As my late friend used to say occasionally: "Fuck cancer."
Moving on.
Today is Vappu, May Day, or International Worker's Day. Most of you are likely to know that. People in the US are far less likely to take note of the day, but my hope is that there will be some attention paid to the marches and happenings in New York. For my "slacktivist" part, I photoshopped a quote from Patrick Bateman onto a depressed looking picture of Congressman Paul Ryan.
The weather has been absolutely beautiful, which meant quite a lot of our Vappu was spent outside. Vappuaatto was warm and clear. We began the night by making some guacamole and drinking a somewhat disappointing French rosé. Then we went to see if anything interesting was happening in the center. Turns out there wasn't much other than a few drunken young people (younger than my 27, at any rate) staggering wildly from bar to bar, and up onto the fortress hill. That's not to say I would have minded doing so myself, but, you know, I didn't know whether or not they'd appreciate a random American woman cramping their style. It was so beautiful, though, so we set out to get as much fresh air as possible. The sunset was the stuff of summer.
Today, we woke up late, drank too much coffee, and I let my brain decompress from the studying I've been doing. I cooked some chicken and rice with plenty of chili, cayenne pepper, and garlic. We ventured out again to see if we might catch a march, but we had lingered for too long. We did see scores of people camped out at the fortress, though.
Though I failed to experience anything too terribly traditional and have therefore failed to write a decent Vappu post, there's always next year.
Hauskaa Vappua!
Edit: Check out this Finnish band that I discovered today, called Black Lizard.
Moving on.
Today is Vappu, May Day, or International Worker's Day. Most of you are likely to know that. People in the US are far less likely to take note of the day, but my hope is that there will be some attention paid to the marches and happenings in New York. For my "slacktivist" part, I photoshopped a quote from Patrick Bateman onto a depressed looking picture of Congressman Paul Ryan.
The weather has been absolutely beautiful, which meant quite a lot of our Vappu was spent outside. Vappuaatto was warm and clear. We began the night by making some guacamole and drinking a somewhat disappointing French rosé. Then we went to see if anything interesting was happening in the center. Turns out there wasn't much other than a few drunken young people (younger than my 27, at any rate) staggering wildly from bar to bar, and up onto the fortress hill. That's not to say I would have minded doing so myself, but, you know, I didn't know whether or not they'd appreciate a random American woman cramping their style. It was so beautiful, though, so we set out to get as much fresh air as possible. The sunset was the stuff of summer.Today, we woke up late, drank too much coffee, and I let my brain decompress from the studying I've been doing. I cooked some chicken and rice with plenty of chili, cayenne pepper, and garlic. We ventured out again to see if we might catch a march, but we had lingered for too long. We did see scores of people camped out at the fortress, though.
Though I failed to experience anything too terribly traditional and have therefore failed to write a decent Vappu post, there's always next year.
Hauskaa Vappua!
Edit: Check out this Finnish band that I discovered today, called Black Lizard.
This year we actually got a proper, blue-skied, relatively warm Vappu! It was such a tonic. I swear that the entire population of Finland now has more spring in its step. We went and ate ice cream at a water-side cafe and let the girls play at a nearby park and climb on the rocks by the bay. We watched the crowds in Kaivopuisto, but only on the tv :)
ReplyDeleteOur Vappu was cloudy, but it didn't matter 'coz the day before we went to the cabin. WOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! :-D :-D :-D Another relaxing trip with hubby. :-D I don't think Vappu is such a big deal for Sodankylä, though I've never really ventured downtown to see what they have going on ha ha...
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