Sunset over the Sea

We're just back in Somero this evening after going on a 23 hour cruise from Turku.

Frederic after a plate of meatballs

We've had visitors to the blog this week from as far away as Australia, China and Venezuela, so if you are reading this from the other side of the world then hello to you from Somero!

Silja Line Boat

In case our faraway visitors are planning to visit our wonderful town one day, you should definitely take one of these cruises to Stockholm. Turku is just over an hour's drive from here and cruises leave every morning and every evening. You can either get off in Stockholm or simply stay on board and come back to Turku within a day.

Luca and Niko have fun in the ball pool

We managed to take five children and still return in one piece. What I hadn't realised though when I booked the trip was that yesterday's cruise was singles night... so the boat was full of young people looking for love (or something similar). This meant that there was much partying and shouting until the early hours of the morning and I kept being woken up by people outside the cabin saying things that I could not possibly write on here!


Still, we had a good breakfast this morning, the little ones had fun in the ball pool and I got a couple of shots on deck of the sunset, so all in all it was a good trip.

Don't fancy swimming in here

Few things in life are as beautiful as the sun setting over the sea

When we were on board this afternoon I received a text message from Silja Kulmala (thank you Silja - I should add that Cameron thought you were the owner of the boat....) who included this lovely poem by Maria Leinonen. It seemed to go perfectly with this picture.

Ilo sen pitää olla -

jokaisen uuden aamun

valon määrästä

väristä riippumatta

pilvinen tai aurinkoinen

sinihämäräinen

epätoivonharmaa

mikä tahansa

mutta uusi päivä

mahdollisuuksia täysi!

Ehkä juuri tämä se päivä

 jota et koskaan unohda

 jonka jälkeen kaikki toisin -

For those of you who don't speak Finnish, the poem talks about the fact that every morning brings with it new opportunities no matter what the weather or how much light there is.  It suggests that maybe today will be the day that you will never forget.. the one after which everything will be different. That's exactly how I felt when I stood on deck and looked into this sunset...so on that optimistic note, wherever you are in the world I wish you all a peaceful night and a weekend full of inspiration and sunshine.