Change of Plans

Or can I really call it a change when I had no plans to begin with?

Midsummer festivities are kind of a big thing in Finland. It’s a pagan tradition at it’s best, the nightless night, when the sun doesn’t set at all in the northern parts of Scandinavia. It’s a weekend of bonfires and sauna, love spells and magic.

Nowadays the celebration for many is going to a festival or to a summer cottage, and get completely wasted. Neither of those really excites me and I don’t have a cottage to go to, so I’ve been trying to think of what to do. I definitely didn’t want to stay in the city, or homehome like any other summer weekend. I wanted to do something more special.

As the midsummer was drawing closer, I still had no plans. I was thinking of going abroad somewhere, but the current money situation wouldn’t allow a long weekend in a hotel.

As we were having a date with the bff a couple days ago, we started talking about midsummer plans, which were all open at this point. Hive account@escapist had an invitation to Sweden, but she was a little on the fence about going alone. She had the idea that if her friend, who I know too but haven’t kept in touch since high school, would take me in too, we could go together. I was like fuck it, sounds awesome if he is willing to put us both up. Fast text, looking up trains, busses, ferrys and planes, and we had a plan in motion!

Me and Hive account@escapist are escaping to Stockholm, Sweden for a long midsummer weekend! We are so stoked for the trip and I can’t wait to see our old friend again! I already know we are going to have a lot of fun and it’s going to be so extra when the three of us fancy pants get together for the first time since high school. I almost feel sorry for the people who hear us together...

_{Ps. Did you know that Swedish is the second language of Finland, and I don’t speak more than two words of it, yikes!}

_{Pps. That pictures is from my post last midsummer, could we acknowledge that my photography skills (and gear) have come a long way from that!}