Snow snow...pics taken couple weeks back

[Janpes]

These pics are from our walk on the lake Saimaa which is the largest lake in Finland.

Pics were taken abput 2 weeks ago. Now the snow is melting so soon we will be swimming here not walking

This is what keeps me sane 😀

[Gemini64]

Wow it looks fab Jan. Popper snow not like our "wishy washy " stuff we have here. One of my brothers is in Denmark and he has proper done too. Lovely pics 😊

[YellowRose55]

Wow, Janpes what stunning pictures. Such a lovely place for a walk or swim!

[IndigoBlue61]

It looks so beautiful Janpes 😊 Wow!

Thank you for sharing 😊

[Elke516]

Love the photos, thank you for posting. Beautiful!

[nteapea]

Wow amazing

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Makes me want to explore Finland ☺

[tidirhin2548 Host 3kg]

Great photos. I haven't visited the Saimaa lake, but I enjoyed watching a musical documentary filmed over there. The best (former) Finnish rock stars perform in the film, here's the link if you'd like to see the film. It's called "Saimaa-ilmiö"/ "The Saimaa Gesture" youtu.be/YavE_w8ztxU(Not working as expected?)

[Janpes in reply to tidirhin2548]

I live really near Lake Saimaa. It is quite large and is about 300km long. Originally I am from Sheffield but my husband is Finnish.

[tidirhin2548 Host 3kg in reply to Janpes]

I'm a Finnish expat living in Spain with my British husband.

[Janpes in reply to tidirhin2548]

You know this country so well already. Whatever made you want to move??

[tidirhin2548 Host 3kg in reply to Janpes]

That's why I left lol ! No, to be serious, it wasn't my idea to move originally. But I have settled down here, and am enjoying the sun. Fresh tomatoes cost 5 euros a kilo when I visited Finland the last time in January ! I think you're very brave to do weight loss up there. I always put weight back on in Finland :/

[Janpes in reply to tidirhin2548]

Hehe struggle with the beer drinking and sausage grilling especially now with Summer coming. Do you get back much?

[tidirhin2548 Host 3kg in reply to Janpes]

Oh the Finns love their beer, even if it costs 9,90 a pint ! Hubby enjoyed Finland in January, but he's a bit strange anyway. I worried so much he might fall over walking on the icy streets, but he was like a fish in the sea. We might go back this year in the autumn, my sister has invited us to Kuopio, and my mother to Oulu.

[Janpes in reply to tidirhin2548]

Both places are great. My friend Lives in Kuopio and we were in Oulu just over a year ago. We stopped over at the Eden spa hotel on our way to Lapland for the New Year.

[tidirhin2548 Host 3kg in reply to Janpes]

Ah, old Eden... great childhood memories of their wave machine, and having a pizza in their restaurant afterwards... I should take hubby there next time.

[Janpes in reply to tidirhin2548]

Yep the wave machine showed me that if I was ever to go overboard out at sea, I would never survive 😂

[tidirhin2548 Host 3kg in reply to Janpes]

Lol !

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I'm so jealous, I love snow and we just don't get hardly any and what we do get just seems to be ice in hours, such lovely pictures 🐧🐧 xx

[Janpes]

If you like unspoilt nature and being in forests and spending time by the lakes then Finland is the place to visit. I was only supposed to be here for 6 months. 23 years later I am still here.

[Hidden]

It looks beautiful! I'd live to visit. I've been to Sweden and Norway, but not made it yet to Finland. These pictures inspire me!

[JiminyCricket 7lbs]

Stunning!

[Nightwishes1]

I would love to visit Finland, I think the place looks beautiful but it also has the best music around .. my favourite metal band come from there

[Janpes in reply to Nightwishes1]

Let me guess Nightwish?

Finland has lots of good musicians and even more festivals during the summer season

[Nightwishes1 in reply to Janpes]

How did you guess lol.

[Finnberry]

Kaunis! Mulla on ikävä suomea!

[Janpes]

Nii monta suomalaisia täällä 😀

So many Finns here😀

[Ceals]

How utterly fabulous!