Travelog for: ZeeZee Zebra

Hello!

Yet another warm and beautiful summer day. This time we decided to spend it on the cliffs of Kuuvannokka, Ruissalo.



We found a little bit of history again. This sign is a memorial for the Finnish War in 1808 - 1809 at sea. This war was fought between the Kingdom of Sweden and Russian Empire. Until that war Finland was a part of Sweden and after the war it became the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland within the Russian Empire.

More specifically the sign is a memorial for the Battle of Punkinsaari (saari = island) on 4th July 1808. It shows the positions of Swedish and Russian ships between the islands (from left to right: Ruissalo, Pukinsaari, Hirvensalo).



During the Finnish War Russians built some artillery batteries in Ruissalo and this is the location of one of those and that's why the memorial sign has been located here. Of course the artillery is long gone, but the mark on the cliff still stays.



It was fun to sit on the cliff, watch the sea and enjoy the sunshine.



This little pine tree has found an interesting place to grow.



There was a small bay between the cliffs. The beach there was covered by small rocks. I also found a feather, most likely a seagull's.





Hey look, there are flowers, too.



One more look towards the sea before going back to jinxed's. It's been very fun day.



Best wishes,
ZeeZee

Hello!

Winter in southern Finland can be very changeable, like this winter has been so far. Temperature bounces around 0°C, on one day it snows and the next it rains.

Last night it snowed again and it's a bit below 0°C, so Qah and I decided to go for a walk to a forest.



We climbed a tree, just for fun...



... and followed a path over a fallen tree.



We had to walk quite carefully, because there was only a thin layer of snow and a lot of ice underneath. It was very slippery.





There were blueberry twigs growing almost everywhere. These were on top of a huge stone.



We climbed a tree again.



A huge branch had fallen from an old oak. It kinda looks like a dragon or something. Maybe we're dragon riders now.



We found some big and beautiful icicles.





Then we found an old house - or what's left of it, not much more than the foundation. I wonder who lived here and what happened to the house before nature has taken over.







Looks like there's still water in the well, frozen and covered by snow.



This brook was frozen, too.



I liked this old stump of a tree.



Another frozen brook.



Greetings,
ZeeZee

Hello!

Today it was a bit above 0°C again and it was sleeting the whole morning. When it stopped, we decided to go to the forest again while there's still some snow left.

We found squirrel tracks.





Looks like someone's had a campfire on this small clearing.



We thought it'd be fun to play in snow for a while and that's what we did. We built a snowman, it was fun.









Time to continue our walk, but not without climbing rocks and trees.





Best wishes,
ZeeZee

Hello again,

Teddy had found small Runeberg's tortes, so he shared them with us. Of course we had tea, too. These tortes are usually avaible only around the 5th of February, which is known as Runeberg's day.



Johan Ludwig Runeberg (5th February 1804 - 6th May 1877), was a writer and a poet, he's also the national poet of Finland. He wrote in Swedish and his best known writing is Fänrik Ståls sägner (Vänrikki Stoolin tarinat / Vänrikki Stålin tarinat in Finnish, The Tales of Ensign Stål in English), which is an epic poem that describes the events of the Finnish War (1808 - 1809). The first chaper of the poem became the national anthem of Finland (Maamme in Finnish, Vårt land in Swedsh, Our land in English).

Anyway, the tortes are named after J.L. Runeberg because it's said that he liked to eat them on breakfast. It's also said that the recipe is made by his wife Fredrika Runeberg, although it may be a variation of a recipe made by confectioner Lars Astenius on 1840's.



Today it's time to say goodbye to Qah, Mr. Moose and Teddy because I will countinue my journey towards new adventures. Perhaps we will meet again, someday, somewhere. Who knows.









Greetings,
ZeeZee

Hello,

I`m fine. It is really nice at Karins place.
She lived with her family in a big house with many pets.
That is sooo coool.

Hey mum,

as today is carnival, Karin made me a fancy dress.

I am a pirate, the other TVs too.

Hey mum,

today Karin took us with her to work.
She works at the city museum.

Hey,

Today we went to a reptilian zoo. It was amazing.

Hello,

today we went in to the cinema.
We watched a funny movie.

Today we went in a cool Restaurant