Larsen's European Vacation - Day 8 - Hoikankylä & Keihärinkoski

As we said good-bye to Sirkka and Ake on Friday morning, we drove to Hoikankylä to meet my third cousins and wonderful art exhibits. Then we continued our trip to my cousin's house in Keihärinkoski for a few days of relaxation.


Good-bye to Sirkka, Ake and the dogs.


Hoikankylä


Saara's wonderful art. "Enkelimuuri" Angel Wall.

"Koivut" Birch trees

My third cousins, Erja and Katriina and Katriina's daughters Jutta and Monja. These twins are so creative that very seldom you meet anybody so talented.

My mom and her second cousin, Saara

We took a tour of the whole property with barns full of old items and memorabilia that Ilmo had collected over the years. Saara had displayed her "Piikkana" art and her paintings in other barns. Bus loads of tourists come and see their place every summer.

After a lunch and an afternoon snack we headed through Saarijärvi to my cousin's house in the country.

The huge birch tree by the "takkatupa" at Kauppila.

The old summer sauna

The door closing mechanism at the old summer sauna

Boys and their motorcycles.

Alex riding Kimmo's motorbike through the fields.

The road to Ranta-Marttila. My nanny dug this whole road (about 200 m) with her two hands and a pick in 1967. Now she wants to give up on life. It is incomprehensible.

Uotila's summer sauna and the oat field at night.