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Hej Saarijärvi Anmasser & Suomi

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Time has gone by and Babsi and I were in need for another trip. In search for a destination the parental leave of Anschi and Elena turned out to be perfect: our destination was Finland.

If this is enough information for then just watch the photos, otherwise there is more to read :)

On our trip we had several highlights:

The wonderful residence Anmasser on the Saarijärvi

Anschi, Elena and Mika have an awesome Mökki (a finish hut) on the lake Saarijärvi (which means Island-lake) and we spend some beautiful days there. Relaxing in the sun, canoeing, sauna and eating blueberries was our program there – and not to forget: enjoying the time with the three Anmassers :)

The awesome multiday Hike & Municycle tour on the Karhunkierros trail

One of the most famous multiday hikes is the Karhunkierros – often also called the Bear trail. We didn’t understand why they didn’t call it the Berry trail. Especially Babsi because she had to stop every 10 meters – otherwise she would have missed a blueberry. Additionally it was an awesome 4-day experience to hike and municycle the trail. Luckily I could ride 3 out of 4 days. Only the section where we left the small Karhunkierros trail to shorty before Ansakämppä was not rideable with the backpack – that means that I pushed and carried my municycle for the full 2nd day …
After the days of hiking and riding we always looked forward to our sleeping place. After the preparation of the firewood and the fire we enjoyed our daily pasta-in-the-wilderness dinner and we never wanted to zap to another channel ;).

The Municycling on the Rukatunturi

Anschi told me about the Rukatunturi and the downhill course so I was curious to ride it. The course turned out to be superfun and I rode the trail 3 times and it’s completly rideable. Besides that Ruka offers a summer sledge which turned out to be really fun – except for my butt-breaking in one curve….

Saunas

Saunas are finish! In every house you find a sauna and of course we enjoyed them. The fun begins with heating up the sauna and the water with birch-wood. Then, after some time, you hop into the sauna and enjoy the heat and the birch branches ritual (boys, you know what we mean …). One import thing in Finland: no mixed sauna except for couples …. and austrians …

The finish language

The language is definitly – hhmm – let’s say interesting. No chances to recognise some words – it’s just completly different from german or english. Additionally words are incredible long and often contain one letter in uncountable amounts (we found one word with 6 ä)

But we tried to understand some words (no guarantee for correct meanings or spelling):

Finish English
Kiitos Thank you
Hey Hi
Hey hey Bye
Joo Yes
Nej No
lentosema Airport
Saarijärvi Lake with an island
Mökki A very relaxing finish cottage
Karhu Bear
Can be combined with a name for small or grown ups or even dancing bears ;)
iiso poika Soooooo big
Mika ääisa That must be some kind of encouragement for Mika (the son of Anschi and Elena) – similar to „Super mika – go for it“

Werner

Wer ich bin? Na Werner eben und wer mich kennt der kennt mich. Sonst schaut euch einfach am Blog um und ihr werdet sehen was mich so interessiert....