Merry Christmas!

We're heading to Burkina now, but Christmas in Nakkila was great.
Perfect snow:


Sledding time:


Elmo helping Joulupukki hand out gifts:

Istanbul

I finally put up my istanbul photos!

Some highlights -- the Hagia Sophia:

brunch on the black sea on the asian side:

getting freshly squeezed pomegranate juice from a vendor:

cats everywhere! here is one black cat on the palace grounds:

Christmas-looking tree at Karaportti

weather report

It's -16 degrees Celsius in Espoo this morning.  That's just over 3 degrees Fahrenheit. I think it's been cold-ish since October, but this is the first time this winter that the Finns are saying it's cold.