viimeimen viikko

the days are slipping away here in helsinki. Arrived on monday evening to be greeted by a Milka hug :) then had the evening to myself as she had plans. On tuesday I wandered round town trying to do a spot of 'christmas' shopping. Got accosted by one of those makeup people in the malls who turned my face a putrid shade no face should be then lost my hat in the process of trying to de-yellow myself and spent the next 20 minutes or so trying to relocate it, which i eventually did. Then went to Stippe's who cooked us up a delicious makaroni-laatikko - so yum! (had a couple of ingenious ingredients incl. honey, chocolate and a dash of strawberry jam) Yesterday I walked around town again in the semi-sunshine and went to hakaniemen kauppahalli. i love looking round kauppahallit! think this was by far the biggest i've been in, two storeys! Then Milka cooked up a delish soy spag bol, she's very generous with her spices! Last night we went to get our dose of finnish hip-hop (at the same place i saw the finnish modern folk band play - quite a different vibe!) Milka's sister's boyfriend's brother was playing so it wasn't just because of our undying love for hip-hop :p quite bizarre listening to hip-hop in a different language i find "pelti kii" "gangsta paska" "liikun vain yösin" "mä haluun naisen, joka juo vain limonaadi" "pese selkä, pese pese selkä!" a selection of lyrics i sorta understood (and prob wrote incorrectly :p). Drank some delicious warm glögi with the extra warmth of koskenkorva. It's been fairly warm outside too, around +3 most times i've looked - even saw a +5! definitely doesn't have that sharp wintery feel. Supposed to be back to -10 by friday tho. Just 2 days left in this fair land...