Tuesday, August 4, 2009

... ONE SUMMER DAY BY THE SEA...

...The morning starts with this view and a swim in frisky Baltic sea...

...The morning coffee is served on the upper terrace where we can catch the warm morning sun... for my morning breakfast smoothie I picked blueberries in the forest at the back of the chalet...

... A quick trip to the local shop for locally produced food; small summer potatoes, smoked salmon,

strawberries, traditional island bread...

...We start the lunch preparing while having the aperitif for that we have made a special drink:

bottle of white wine, Basil leaves, sugar and few slices of lemon... after three hours all these ingredient in the jar, we will enjoy this nice summer "apero"...

...the lunch on the pier... and I even enjoy the dish washing at the summer kitchen by the sauna...

...After lunch a boat drive to meet some Belgium friends spending their holiday in their island and visit their new "mökki" a Finnish summer cottage that was built last year. On the way we pass hundreds of island...

...Back to the chalet in the beginning of the evening we light the fire in the sauna stove and the barbecue...

...It is the time for a second aperitif of the day a glass of champagne and some small toast of the island bread with cold smoke salmon. This will satisfy our hunger and later after the sauna we will grill some typical Finnish sausage on the fire...

...The sauna can be taken even late at this time of the year and we can still enjoy the sun shine...

...The wind has calm down and we can see the reflection of the coast line on the sea...

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