A typical small portion at a Finnish barbeque.
Finnish pork sausage and potato salad.
I can't believe there's still some snow lying about over here.
I know it's Finland, but it's almost May!
Nevermind, it's not going to stop this years barbeque kick-off! I'm looking forward to my first barbeque of the 2010 season this weekend.
Well, I tell a lie, it's actually my second.
My first BBQ took place last February, but it was a snow barbeque, so it doesn't really count.
Believe me it's a totally different experience. Here's some photos to prove it.
I remember it being -13 degrees celsius that afternoon, apparently warm enough for some Finns to go outside for a barbeque!
Honestly, they're crazy!!
As it was just too cold for me to take my gloves off, I left all the grilling to my friends.
I found a fun and easy way to warm myself up while checking out the nearby slopes. Extreme sports here I come!!
(If the owner of the sledge in this photo is reading this, I'm very sorry!)
Well, hopefully that troublesome volcano in Iceland will calm down a bit and our weather can get back to some normality. I'm hoping that the sun will burst out this weekend with a massive heatwave here in Finland.
I'm going to get my Kabanossi sausages out and have a few cold cans of beer in the blistering sunshine. I might even put my shorts on!
'Got to be optimistic!!
And I got a nice surprise last week at the shops when I saw that my favorite Finnish beer is now available in a one litre can. (I'd love to see 'em shotgun this baby!)
