An active day, for sure. I needed to fly out today, but before that I wanted to get my August ski turns in the massive snow mountains of Myyrmäki's ice skating hall (picture above), visit my mom, and do a quick swim at a swimming place near her in Pornainen's Hietasen uimaranta (Hietasen's beach) in Vähä-Laukkokoski. A nice package for the day! The skating hall was open and there was a pile of snow, saw my mom, visited the beach with warm water and sunshine and no one else around, and had a pleasant flying experience in the air and at the airports.
My mom is staying at a care home, located on the “Happiness journey street”. She is doing very well and is indeed happy there 💚
These steps from the beach say "summer!":
Skiing was ... skiing, so always great 😏 What was important for me was to make a few turns, I managed two per run I think on most runs, and did ten or so climbs to the top of the "mountain".
And at the airport I went to Finnair's Platinum lounge (on the Schengen side). I was surprised to see the sign below, do we really need say when alcohol serving begins? And doesn't the lounge open anyway at 5:30 am, so they always serve it? Or if they open it already at 5:00 am, maybe those passengers are already so zoned out that alcohol wouldn't even cross their minds...
More skiing photos:
More swimming photos below. Hietasen's beach has also been discussed in Tony Hagerlund's blog article here.
Flying photos, at the Helsinki-Vantaa airport:
Then on flight I got a nice meal (upgraded through some vouchers I have left, so I was in business class):
And in Split, Croatia, where I was headed to for vacation:
Read the full Planetskier series at planetskier.net, or all blog articles from Blogspot, TGR. For more sauna and swimming stories, check out planetswimmer.com and saunablogger.cool websites. For more flying stories, check out the planetflier.com website. Photos and text (c) 2025 by Jari Arkko.
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