well go ahead. :)

[Aino]

Most likely I'll brush my teeth in that case as well. Before that I usually read something though, like right now I have a book on judaism for instance.

 

[Cute Tink]

What's the worst injury you've ever had?

 

[Aino]

Never had any bad ones, I once hit my head and had a mild concussion and then I once broke a small bone in my foot... But both were easy cases since I was very young.

 

[Cute Tink]

Have you ever been in a car accident?

 

[Aino]

No, not in a real one at least. well once someone reared into our car when we were inside but they only managed to break one lamp so it wasn't really an accident at all.

 

[Cute Tink]

Do you have plans for this weekend?

 

[Aino]

Yes. Today I'll do some school stuff (I slept well so it'll last until later than I had expected). Then I'll do some grocery shopping and go to a church thing for young adults. Tomorrow just resting, I'll probably go to church and eat well... Possibly meeting up with a friend in the evening. She's visiting home from England, where she studies now and wants to see our new place. On Sunday late my husband will also return from the visit at her mother's place so i'll go and pick him up from the train station.

 

[GOD is LOVE is GOD]

Do you do anything special for Easter?

What is the Finnish tradition for Easter??

 

[Aino]

No, not really, we'll go to a town nearby to catsit for a relative who'll be out of the country for a while and just spend a lot of time together and with God as well. Maybe we'll attend an eastern orthodox liturgy as well... We'll see.

The tradition doesn't differ very much from the american one as far as I know. On easter days everything's closed and people spend time with their families, there's more church services and people generally attend more on easter then at other times. Many of us lutherans will also consider going orthodox for a while every year too as well lol, since orthodox easter services are generally more impressive. Most schools - including state-run ones - will have a easter service or reverence of some kind.

We oftentimes eat a bit better as well and most likely there's going to be some lamb served in many families. Oh well there's a specifically finnish tradition dealing with food; we always have this terrible-looking black dessert on easter... A lot of kids will hate it but I think it's ok with cream and sugar though LOL. Some will hide easter eggs for the kids (I was thinking of doing it for my husband this year LOL... ).

 

[GOD is LOVE is GOD]

No, not really, we'll go to a town nearby to catsit for a relative who'll be out of the country for a while and just spend a lot of time together and with God as well. Maybe we'll attend an eastern orthodox liturgy as well... We'll see.

The tradition doesn't differ very much from the american one as far as I know. On easter days everything's closed and people spend time with their families, there's more church services and people generally attend more on easter then at other times. Many of us lutherans will also consider going orthodox for a while every year too as well lol, since orthodox easter services are generally more impressive. Most schools - including state-run ones - will have a easter service or reverence of some kind.

We oftentimes eat a bit better as well and most likely there's going to be some lamb served in many families. Oh well there's a specifically finnish tradition dealing with food; we always have this terrible-looking black dessert on easter... A lot of kids will hate it but I think it's ok with cream and sugar though LOL. Some will hide easter eggs for the kids (I was thinking of doing it for my husband this year LOL... ).

Sounds like fun! I am always fascinated with how others celebrate Easter..

The American tradition (mostly secular society..) is the "Easter Bunny".. While my husband and I do not support a belief in a bunny that lays eggs (duh), we have a cute tradition that I started when my kids were little. We hide easter eggs all over the house, make up candy filled Easter baskets, and leave "bunny fur" (shredded up cotton balls lol) everywhere ~ in their beds, on the furniture, everywhere! They know it is us, but it is still a fun thing to do...

At church and all day long though, to everyone we meet, we try to proclaim, "He is Risen!" Blessings to you!

 

[Cute Tink]

Congrats on the new place.

Did you do anything for April Fool's Day? Is that even recognized in Finland?

 

[Aino]

Thank you! We have April fools day, but it's not a very big thing... I didn't do anything special on it, someone had a prank on facebook but that's all lol.

 

[Cute Tink]

Do you have a special date place for you and your hubby?

 

[Aino]

Special date place? No, not really. We had a good date at a chinese restaurant but the food is worse now than it was then so we don't like going there anymore... And then there's the opera where we went to a ballet once and it was wonderful but it's too expensive for going often (plus he wasn't a fan of ballet LOL so... ). We usually just hang out at home or go for a walk.

 

[Cute Tink]

Nothing wrong with that!

If it was affordable, would you want to vacation on the moon?

 

[Aino]

No, earth is fine enough for me. I love short city vacations, so maybe interrailing would be more of a thing for me... Maybe a few trips in Europe (Scandinavia, South-East, Middle and West), one long (like three months long LOL) trip in the US. On the other hand I find South America fascinating, I could consider going there for a longer time as well.

 

[Cute Tink]

Have you ever owned a telescope?

 

[Aino]

LOL I'm not quite that rich. Unless you mean one of those toy telescopes... I'm not very sure I've had one like that either.

 

[Rhovanion]

Have you ever been to the Moomin World in Naantali?

I have!

 

[Cute Tink]

Have you ever gone birdwatching?