Jan 1 Happy New Year!

With everyone severely hungover and no hockey games scheduled, we decided to embark on an extremely long walk through the bitter cold for some reason.  We stopped at a cafe on an island to get some coffees and rest our weary bodies.

Coffees in the forest shanty cafe

Apart from the epic winter death march, we mostly stayed in the flat and drank coffee.  We discovered some interesting items in our Air BnB host's apartment, including a punching bag in the bed room that is shared by their 3 young sons.  I can only presume that they are training them to be lethal MMA fighters from a very young age.  Jasper laid in to the bag with fists of fury so fast they blurred the photos!

Jasper training for the ocatogon

 We also discovered an odd collection of hats.  Jasper thought they were hilarious when he saw me trying them on, not so much once we made him start wearing them.  All of the attempts at a time delay photo pretty much became out takes, so we're throwing the best ones in anyway.

Oh yeah, we also stopped at a random mall to stave off hypothermia, get more coffee, and eat red peppers from Jasper's diaper bag.

Eating red peppers at Finland's equivalent of Starbucks.  There are several Starbucks in Finland too.