True Friends

It's unbelievable how easy it is to be with some people. The other day, hours went by flying when I was talking to a good friend of mine that I hadn't seen for ages. I can't remember if it was me or my best friend who said that those people, who you haven't seen for a long time but it still feels as if you had met them yesterday, are true friends. Luckily I have noticed that I have a bunch of those incredible and personal people, and I have understood not to feel sorry for those who have slipped away over the years - during this trip I haven't even had time to see all of my friends in Helsinki, and some of them I might not meet again. I try to remember to be happy for what I have, and not to be sad for what I don't have in my life. Hold on to those true friends!

Here I have some more pictures for you, though they are still from November in Rovaniemi (:

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Christmas Time

I have been spending my winter holidays in Helsinki. There is surprisingly lot to see and do in your old home town when you only have three weeks time. And unfortunately I spent a few days of that time just lying in my bed because of a flu, when in an alternative reality I could have been visiting friends, family and places I want to see. I wouldn't have thought I'd miss Helsinki this much when I first got here, but now I'm already ready to get back to the north. There's still something so nostalgic in this visit, and I actually love this city even though I wouldn't like to live here.

I am very contempt with the Christmas with my family and the few wonderful presents we got. Still, much more beautiful was to see other people being amazed and happy with the gifts I gave them. When you hear the words "this is everything I could ever hope for" coming from the mouth of your eight year old nephew, you know your night won't be ruined even if it would be for the end of the world. I gave my siblings and my parents calendars made from pictures taken by me, and I was so pleased to see that they seemed truly impressed and happy with them (:

I also installed the 30-day trial of photoshop lightroom to the computer of my parents, and luckily, for being sick I had enough time to choose pics out of the hundreds I had in my camera and edit them, so finally here we have some photos! Though they are from November, but I'll be moving on to some more recent pics in the next posts. I hope everyone had an amazingly wonderful Christmas!

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