Summer - the season of Paradise

Yeah, I totally mean the title. One can find the real value of summer in Finland. Over the past two weeks we are having perfect summer. All the bloggers of Finland like Sami and Heather have done the customary post on summer.

For a change the morning starts with the sound of lawn mowers and not snow plow. The Sun greets you, the cool breeze sweeps you away and smile can be found in everyone’s face along with the designer sunglasses. Everything looks so beautiful, flowers are blossoming and trees are all green.

It is so difficult to sit at your desk and just look at the panorama outside. Last year around this time I cribbed about people taking month long holidays in summer. This year I wish I also could take that vacation now. But I am glad that save for one weekend, I have enjoyed every other. Everyday I manage to find at least one hour during the day to walk around the city, either sit in the park or take a walk alongside the lake.

Everywhere people around are either tanning their skin, eating ice creams, enjoying coffee at the numerous side walk café, getting chilled with the beer or just letting the spirit of summer permeate the soul. All the other countries are full of tourist and backpacks have become ubiquitous. Finland seems like paradise now. Though I am sure the summer will last only one more month. So enjoy it till it is here.