Ouioui! Midsummer, Holland Park and Paris

Where does all the time go?
I have been in England now for less than two weeks. It feels like ages, but I really haven’t done anything… well, that’s not completely true. I’ve been looking for a place to stay in London and believe me it is a mission! First of all the prices are ridiculous, like you can imagine. You have to pay easily around 550 euros for a room if you want to live even close to the central, any part of the central London… Second problem was that the landlords or flatmates felt always a bit dodgy or weird… or dishonest or scary or drug addicts or just not good enough to live with. So I was almost giving up hope until I got an email from Jaana, a woman my mother and me met at the airport last summer. We kept contact because I was supposing to design a table for her but then I didn’t have time and I went to Budapest (I’m still completely in love with that city and my heart is in pieces). Anyway, I wrote her an email asking does she know any place I could rent a room from etc. In that point I had used all my possible contacts. I was so desperate. Well she said that she needs somebody to look after of her apartment while she is going back to Finland for the summer. And, this is the best (or should I say most posh) part, she lives in Holland Park, next to Notting Hill.



Annuska, Mikko, Saija and Johnny (plus the two devils with tails) finally found a house from London too. They got a really nice flat from a building that used to be a church in Bethnal Green. So, they will leave lovely Medway this weekend.
I have to tell you about Minea and Vinku, Annuska & Mikko’s cats. I have never been a cat lover, but these two somehow found their way in to my liking list. They moved to Rochester a year (or something like that) ago.
In the beginning I was only friend with Vinku, she was nice and always asked for some love but Minea was a total b**ch. I’m still sure she hates blondes because she has black fur. Every time when I just passed her she hit me for nothing! And with her nails it is not just a normal splat…
Anyway, now when I have lived with them for few weeks I’ve noticed that actually Vinku is the ‘eveil’ one. She keeps dragging my shoes under my bed and her favourite place is in my closet, where she makes a mess, of course. But Minea has been an angel. I think she even likes me now days. Maybe because now Annuska has blonde hair as well so she has realized that blondes are great!

We almost missed midsummer this year. It came so fast and we didn’t have any plans until Friday night when we decided to make a road trip to Dungeness, a place in Southern England. The place was something you wouldn’t imagine to see here. Dungeness is a beautiful place with its own weird community. I believe that the nuclear power plant gives jobs for most of the people who live there. But all the buildings and houses were really weird. You should go there to understand what I mean…
After Dungeness we carried on to another beach and had our picnic there, enjoying the sun and drinking wine.
Our night ended at Aingeru’s house where he tried to barbeque with his Spanish friends… It took them a while to get the grill working. “How many Spanish do you need to start a grill?”

Then the most exiting news!
I’m going to Paris this Wednesday for a week. YAY!
Pffffffff, it’s going to be crazy to see all my French fries (specially one particular frenchie)! I can’t wait actually. I’m counting days and hours.
After Paris I’m going to fly to Helsinki on the same day. Damn, it will be a loooong day but definitely worth it. That week will be the only time I’m going to spend in Finland this summer. Thank god Simona and Sami are getting married so I have at least that short time with all my sweethearts there!



I go packing now. I’ll move all my things tomorrow to Holland Park, my new summer home.

Naroa, thank you so much for the text you wrote to my last post’s comments (people go read it). Beautifully, beautifully written and so true. But I’m happy that Malev, the Hungarian airlines, allowed 20 kilos so I had a change to take Buda and Pest with me. Lot of kisses and hugs Narooa.