Three days on a motorbike

We decided with my husband Esko, to enjoy our short holiday by travelling on a motorcycle in the beautiful lake-district of Finland. Our kids were both on their own trips so we had three days for our own adventure.

We ended up staying over in Jyväskylä after cruising in the incredible beautiful countryside. The summertime pricelevel of the hotels was a really positive surprise. Very affordable.
On Tuesday we continued towards the coast and Porvoo, the city I was born in. We visited all the dear places of my childhood before surprising my sister and her family with our visit. It was so good to see them all again.

The next night we stayed home, but continued our adventure on Wednesday by driving to Ekenäs and Ingå. We found a very interesting road on the map and decided to check it out. Before that we filled our rear box with dangerously delicious malt bread, from the local bakery Wi-Box.
The road to Snappertuna and Fagervik was incredible fun to ride. They were almost as fun as the German roads, said Esko ( that is a huge compliment for our domestic roads ).

Our luck with the weather ended when we headed towards home. It started to rain, and it was not a light shower, as the weather forecast promised. Our suits kept us dry, but our waterproof shoes proved not to be waterproof at all. We ended up with soaking wet feet, but managed to laugh at it.

We spended a good amount of hours on the back of our motorbike, so there was plenty of time for the backseat driver to think. As a result of my thinking comes some tips for biking and why not life in general:

1. Know your bike, and take good care of it, so that you can trust it in all situations.
2. Don't take unnecessary risks. Remember there can be anything waiting for you behind the curve
3. Remember that you are not alone. Even if you follow all the rules, there might be someone who wants to act like an idiot
4. Enjoy the scenenery and surrender to the road and its curves. You have arrived when your butt touches the saddle.
5. When it rains, drive in the rain

To quote Esko, this three day holiday felt much longer. We saw and experienced so much. Finland is a very, very beautiful country and I really recommend travelling here warmly. You don' t necessarily need a plan or a tight scedule, there seem to be plenty of room in the hotels, and the roads and nature can definitely take more passengers and visitors.

Wake up and be prepared

Our daughter Jasmin is a very passionate photographer. I mean really passionate. She carries her camera almost everywhere she goes.
One beutiful morning we went for a walk with her and our dog. And as usual she had her camera with her. The pictures in this blog is mostly taken by her.

While walking in the beatiful scenery it finally hit me. I have known it for long, but not really got it. The "it" is that we really need to wake up, see and "get" the world that is surrounding us and react to it in the right way. Jasmin's way is to see the tiniest details, a small fly resting on a flower, a pearl of dew on a leaf, or clouds gathering to release some rain. And she saves the scenes on the memorycard of her camera.

What do you need to react on, that you now are closing your eyes from? Are you walking past your happiness? Do you loose potential clients just because you don' t ask them if they want to hire or buy from you? Or do you close your eyes from something you need to fix or restore, that actually now is loosing you money?

What if you would make a list of just 5 things that you have closed your eyes from and that really need your attention- Send one of them, as a comment to this blogpost, to me - just one

One thing that I will react on is my bookkeeping...