ARCHIPELAGO!



First of all, I always wanted to take a trip to the Finnish Archipelago. Everyone was talking about it when I arrived in Finland. It wasn’t really the best times to go since it was wintertime but I had plans for the summer. Unfortunately, the trip was postponed since the epidemic made its great appearance.

Expect from today. Today, I and my Finnish family decided to make this trip happen. So everyone packed whatever they needed and off we were. I must say, it was a long car trip but just looking out of the window, it was amazing. It was also very interesting to see all the people going to their summer cottages. Everyone either were taking their boat or other things attached to their cars. We waited a little bit at the ferry line but it was okay. For the first time since the epidemic, it really just felt normal and you could feel summer.

After the ferry and going through different areas, we went to our secret place that my family had discovered before and had a barbecue. It was a nice lunch for us and there was a tower where you could go up and watch the view. It was amazing!

After that, we had a lot of candy to get more energy. As we ate candy, we took a small hike, discovering little caves. It was lovely. Also, there was a small rock holding a giant one! That was amazing to see.

After there, as we were returning, we stopped at Saariston Rengastie to have a coffee break where we ate the blueberry pie. It was nice and we just watched the sea and took a little walk around there. And that was our day!





Also here is our Youtube video together!




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