First Snow

Oh my, how time flies when doing school work and packing backpacks, I just now got my last taken pictures ready for posting, but I don't have any time to write something more enlightening. That is, because we are heading to Helsinki tomorrow and I want to get some sleep before the 5 am wake up. An exciting thing is (if everything goes as planned) also going to occur on the way to the south, because we are after long considering going to buy a used car. I just hope everything goes well, and that by this time tomorrow we'll be in Helsinki and happy car owners.

Here are the pictures from the day before yesterday, the first time it snowed this autumn/winter. This morning the temperatures were 10 celsius below zero!

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Huskies

Yesterday I got to know one of the biggest husky farms there are in Finland, as it happens that a relative of mine owns it. The place was an animal lover's paradise! The dogs were being trained for winter's tourist season, and you could see how they love running. After having seen the old and young running together (it was one of the first times for some of the younger ones, that's why elder dogs are put with them as they are patient and show the younger ones what to do) we took a walk around the farm. I petted probably about 20 dogs, and I think I was close to a dog overdose.

I liked that most of the dogs were not kept in cages, so they could freely walk or run and see the other dogs as long as the leash would let them. Also there was an area prohibited from visitors for the dogs to be in peace and rest after running.

I love seeing dogs so happy (all the dogs generally seem just happy, right?) and being able to do what they love.

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