Turn of the decade

It's not just another new year a couple of hours from now. It's the turn of the decade. The last decade has been interesting in many ways, both good and bad. I hope the next decade is as interesting, in good ways only.

Happy New Year

Midsummer

In this part of the world we celebrate a holiday called Midsummer. It’s second only to Christmas and the country virtually shuts down for two days, from late afternoon tomorrow (Midsummer Eve) to Sunday morning (Saturday is called Midsummer day).

Anyone who owns a summer cottage or knows someone who owns a summer cottage heads out to them and spends the weekend there. Well everyone doesn’t own a summer cottage but there are a number of midsummer festivals usually held at some beach or lake somewhere. So celebration of Midsummer is almost mandatory.

Well this year I’m working the morning shift at Midsummer Day and Sunday, well somebody got to keep the country running while all the people are out partying in the middle of nowhere. So we’ll probably take a few short tours with the boat, maybe drive around a bit to check out the parties. It’s one way to spend Midsummer =).