Busy relaxing

So I'm back from the romantic weekend getaway with the boy next door. It was grand. The trip there was sort of scary since we went by bus and it was one of those buses that takes all these people that live in the middle of nowhere home and we had no idea when to get off. I mean we knew that it would take approximately forty minutes and that's about it. It was also dark outside. Then the bnd finally asked the driver about it and the driver was like "we're gonna go right to the front of the hotel" and then we were there. So it turns out we were worried for nothing. Smart people of course would have asked the driver right in the beginning to just stop there and inform him that we didn't know where we were going, but not us. But it turned out all right and we had totally forgotten about it by the time we got back from having a dip in the pool there.

It was like a spa resort so first thing we of course did was get in the pool. It was a bit weird since it was like a swimming hall with like lockers and then showers and saunas and then the pool. Like in public swimming pools. Of course there is nothing weird about that unless you haven't been to such a place in like 8 years. I was like "wait a second - this seems familiar...". I was sort of disoriented and of course the fact that I had to take my glasses off emphasized it. And then I decided to try out the steam sauna. I hadn't been to one in ages. So I step in and there is tons of steam - surprising I'm sure. And then once I start seeing something (I just stand still for a while) I realize that the men are in the same sauna with only this rope sort of splitting the territory. And I'm like "no wonder there's no other women here and those men are looking at me weird". So I'm like "well so I care and those men at least get to see a pretty body" and sit down once I locate the bench. But the steam sauna is actually not so nice. It was too cold so I head for the normal sauna and then to the pool. I tried to come out of the steam sauna so no women would spot that I'd been in there so as not to get embarrassed all the while trying to look like I was meant to go in there knowing it was for both sexes. I think I did fine. I didn't go back in there again during the weekend though.

We also had quite a nice dinner on Friday. We were in the a la carte side of the restaurant which was connected to the buffet side by a glass wall. There was this big group having a Christmas party there so we were quite satisfied with having some privacy. But alas, the "fun and humorous" Christmas show starts before desert. It was these two people doing musical impressions of famous Finnish people. I was ok since we had a laugh at how bad it was but it was even more funny the next day at dinner when the same show started up. Hearing a bad show is sort of fun but hearing it again and knowing the jokes is even funnier. At least I thought so. We had the same waiter both nights and it was quite nice since he also had a sense of humor and was quite a good waiter (no monocles fell at dinner). The food was also good and especially the deserts.

All in all the weekend was a success. I had fun and felt relaxed and still had enough to do so as not to get bored. We got home on Sunday afternoon and spent the night inside enjoying the snow storm. Reading the news, it is quite nice to notice that one snow storm doesn't really affect me as much as people who drive cars and the like. I left my bicycle home today since it is easier to walk than to struggle with the snowdrifts on the bicycle. I think getting loads of show is great. I get to experience a bit of winter before heading south.