This post is about our winter vacation in Biathlon World Championships in Kontiolahti, North Karelia, Finland. This was the first time we attended a winter sport event of this scale. There were some serious problems in the organization on the first major event day — long lines for toilets, food […]
We are in Joensuu, North Karelia (Finland) for the biathlon world championships. So far the weather has been miserable. And the next few days were not any better. Helsinki was all about drizzle and sleet, and a freezing wind. On march 7th we took the train to Joensuu. This is […]
If you’ve read our posts, you have probably learned that we’ve had bad luck with weekend runs recently—that’s when our long runs are scheduled. This weekend we headed for our longer run on Saturday, since rain was forecast for Sunday. Good decision! The weather on Saturday wasn’t the greatest but […]
We never used to think that Europe is a place with unique characteristics that its members share and at the same time make it a thing, different from other things. Salad at Crudo Osteria Temporane, Turin, Italy. To us what constituted Europe appeared as separate countries like Finland, Germany, Spain, […]
Less than 500 meters away, to be exact. We got some sleet yesterday afternoon, but the overnight rain melted it all. This morning there were some snow flurries on the lower slopes of Chartreuse and Belledonne. While during the week we had some gorgeous sunny days, with daytime temperatures climbing […]
I guess I posted a similar title a couple of weeks ago. The weather forecast promised rain for the morning and then clearing skies for the afternoon. Well, it did not happen. It was varying clouds and sun in the morning and at 2pm. when we headed out it was […]
From ten to fifteen centimeters of snow was dumped in this town last night. As the temperature was a few degrees above zero in the morning it was very wet, but even without sunshine, it was so darn beautiful! It is going to freeze tonight. So, there is some anxiety […]
Our long runs have met some bad luck recently. Partly because of us, as we’ve been watching winter sports on TV, but today nature was against us. It was barely snowing when we left (after watching two and half sets of Djokovic-Murray Australian Open final for three hours), but just […]
… that my transition lenses wouldn’t turn black, or we couldn’t go running. We had our first (and last?) snow last night, but following a day of icy drizzle and rain, all the snow is gone now.