Recently, with a group of colleagues and friends, I had an opportunity to go by boat through a narrow corridor that connects Jyväsjärvi, the central lake here in Jyväskylä, to Päijanne, the longest and deepest lake in all of Finland, just to the south.
The boat was called "Rhea" and had a very nice (and damn pricey!) restaurant on the lower deck.
LILLIAN, THIS PINK PICTURE IS FOR YOU! ;)
So we left the dock at about 7:30 for a three hour tour.
This thing was really something. The green floor was eerily comforting and everyone was sitting and enjoying the sun, which would not set until around 11:00 or so. So I went to the bar and got a Karjala, a beer that I think is just sweet enough to give it a uniqueness that other beers here generally lack.
There was a band set up - a girl and a guy playing a mix of traditional Finnish rock and folk, along with some trance/dance music. The music was interesting and the sights along Paijanne were too.
In our group: Tiina, Mikka, Laura, Ville, Hannele, Pekka, Jukka, Jenni... and a few others whose names escape me.
After tootling around Päijanne and the islands therein, we made our way back to Jyväsjärvi at around 10:30, just in time to see the sun beaming off of the clouds and the apartment buildings in Lutakko, a neighborhood on the lake near the city centre.
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