What do Finns do during a weekend?

Of course they go to their summer cottages. So last weekend I did the same with a bunch of friends. We have visited a friends cottage located on an island. We grilled, we lied on a pier, we enjoyed the beams of the sun through the shades of the tree leaves... We went to sauna, cooled down in the lake, we sat on the porch listening how wind plays with the leaves and grass, we enjoyed a warm rain... And when we felt tired we went to rest and sleep.

In the morning I was awaken by screams: "Selo, Apua!", meaning "Selo (name), help!". It turned out that guys took the nets from the water (they set them the day we have arrived) and there were over 20 fish to detangle from the net, grill, fry and eat for dinner: perch pikes, perches, and breams and even one mule.

The whole trip was very relaxing. But I will especially cherish the sauna night during long autumn evenings or when the freezing winter will arrive. This memory will remind me that there is something to look forward to.