July 22, 2007

  • Summer Vacation 2007

    Today's the last day of my two-week vacation. Now's the time to recap what I've done during that time. So, here we go.

    Visited
    Cati's dog cousin Rane in Kauhajoki. And hubby's sister at the same
    time. We took Cati with but since Rane is about the size of a small
    pony and his head is about the size of Cati I rather not introduce them.

    Rane

    Went shopping at Tuuri, Finland's largest village shop.

    Went to an amusement park called Powerpark in the friggin' middle of nowhere in Alahärmä. Hubby and I drove karts at the Power Palace and hubby also raced at the Mika Salo Circuit. We then rode their best roller coasters: a wooden coaster Thunderbird and the forward-backwards one Cobra.

    Powerpark

    Of course we managed to play couple of rounds of golf as well.

    We also went to Helsinki to see Metallica perform. And again, the show was great.

    Metallica ticket
    Metallica_2

    On our way home I got to shop at Ikea and make some finds like the two area rugs we needed for living room and entrance.

    Then we squeezed in some more golf at the range.

    Then
    I got the cold and spent most of my remaining days vegging (getting
    better) in front of tv watching Disney Channel and Toon Disney. I also
    finished watching 7th season of the Simpsons. The 8th season is waiting.

    So, no Florida for me this year because we've got the Thailand vacation coming up.


    All
    in all, I think my vacation was quite alright. I managed to forget
    about work for the most part even though I checked my email a couple of
    times.
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    All pictures (except for the vacation ticker, obviously) are borrowed from hubby's flickr. The pictures will link there.

Comments (3)

  • I still think you guys need to make a vacation out to California, if you enjoyed those two coasters you'd absolutely love the coasters at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Jason and I have an absolute blast anytime we go there, some of the most incredible coasters ever are there, like Tatsu. If you get a spare moment, I highly suggest researching that place online.

    Isn't Ikea the greatest though? We have one here in Renton, and I'm always making little trips up there with my girl friend to see what kind of finds we can discover. Granted I never have any money for anything so I just look and maybe buy an occasional art piece and that's about it.

  • RYC: I've never been to Whistler, but I've always wanted to go. From what I was researching online a couple weeks ago about it is it looks like you fly into Vancouver, BC (which is about 3-4 hours North of where I live) and then you take a bus up to Whistler.

    I hear it's fantastic though for skiing and snowboarding, but it's on the expensive side. It's like the ski resort version of Hollywood, lol.

  • I was in Thailand about 18 months ago.  I went to Bangkok on the way to and way back from Bali.  It was an amazingly luxurious week for not very much money.

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