Jack and Katrina's Place

Yes finally the reason for all this trekking through Scandanavia and Northern Europe, the wedding of our friends Anna and Hamish! What a beautiful wedding it was. Held in ancient stone church amongst rolling fields on a summers day. The fields were full of bright yellow flowered crops, both at the church and the reception venue which seemed to shimmer in the summer sun, (it was the hottest day Finland has seen for ages, 30 degrees at 61 degrees North). Although Hamish was staunch in his family kilt, Guy was down to the bare necessities. Although he was very good during the service, I had to take him for a walk on the cool stone floor as he was so hot to hold in my arms. At the reception Anna parents had parked their caravan under the trees and we put Guy down to sleep. It almost worked, we were able to enjoy the reception together, but it was so light and so hot that he woke up again. The good thing about that was he got to join everyone for dinner, in the little high chair with a place name that Anna and Hamish had thoughfully arranged. After Dinner he went to sleep again in the Caravan, but by 11:00pm he woke up, just as the sun was setting. While Katrina fed him his almost midnight snack I took this photo. Finland in Midsummer is a most beautiful and surreal place. (even if it does plays havoc with babies !)