Redding a week ago |
In my last Finnish blog post I wrote about a winter storm that surprised us here in Redding. Our landlord said that it hasn't snowed this much in 20 years here in the valley. It was exciting even for us Finns.
And
actually it was Finnish Independence Day when the snow came. So we
celebrated our nation's freedom in snowy California! Here in Redding we had more snow than there was in Helsinki that day.
Even
though the snowy landscape was extremely beautiful I'm happy it
didn't last long. We didn't come to California from Northern Europe
to experience Redding's snowiest winter in 20 years! :D
Our backyard in California |
Okay.
We can say that the snow was like greetings from Finland. And
last week we got another greeting as well from Finland. My amazing
sisters had made kind of a survival kit for us and sent it to here.
There was a local small newspaper, Finnish chocolates and chewing
gum, children's drawings etc. It was such a joy to get these
presents:) There was also a letter from Santa Claus, who by the way
lives in Finland, Lapland.
I have heard that Santa is coming by surfboard here in Cali. So we are going to San Diego on Christmas Holiday to see if that's true. Because if it's true I definitely want to see Santa with red surf suit on!
I have heard that Santa is coming by surfboard here in Cali. So we are going to San Diego on Christmas Holiday to see if that's true. Because if it's true I definitely want to see Santa with red surf suit on!