In Finland, you can buy beer at the "Siwa" grocery stores, but in order to get alcohol (whiskey, vodka, etc.) you have to go to an "Alko" store. We finally found one yesterday. The price for a fifth of Jack Daniels is about 32 euros (40 bucks or so) but Finnish Vodka (viina) is fairly cheap. I bought a 0.7 L bottle of Suomi (Finnish for "Finland") for about 12 euros. We are working on "finnishing" it now.
The snow is falling hard outside; I've never seen snowflakes so big. There are snowdrifts on our balcony. Today was a Finnish holiday celebrating the end of Christmas time, so most stores are closed and people are generally out enjoying the day. We walked into town and sledded down some hills with the girls on an old worn-out sled that we found on the lake. Lily will be a pro soon.
Every day is an adventure.
Oh, and if you haven't heard "This" - by Brian Eno - you should go ahead and do that. (Thanks Caroline...)
Signing off..... jackson
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