My weekend!

Sitting at Helsinki airport on my way home again, quite tired after a busy weekend in Helsinki, working at the MATKA travel convention. Even if it was a busy weekend it was fun, talking to lots of people both saturday and sunday. We ( me and my collegue Jonas) arrived on friday evening , flight 1 hour delayed because of snowstorm, got to the hotel and met up with our collegues for dinner, and I think all of us where tired so we decided to eat at the hotel. Following morning we started the day around 9am, the convention opened at 10am, saturday was probably the busiest day, and besides talking at our stand I walked around checking out what new destinations I could find, new ideas...many to choose from, so it is easy to dream away a bit while walking around and also getting a bit confused by all the choices( where to find all the time to do all the travelling...). Last night we went out for drinks+ dinner but I think all of us where in bed before midnight. Today was not as busy as yesterday and I had a few people visiting me from earlier tours, nice to see them all:) I met many new contacts and at the moment Im busy planning a tour for example to Italy, will let you know more details later when the plan is finalized. After standing all day long at the convention I was very happy to find a stand where they offered free massage for 5 min ,I closed my eyes and enjoyed those 5 min:)

Tired but happy, now Im on my way home, cant wait to see my family:)

Have a nice sunday evening all of you!

Jannika

January!

So far it has been a good month. I had a private group travelling to South Africa, and they are already back, they had a wonderful time,even saw a leopard. On sunday I have a few more people travelling to South Africa, and they are very excited as it is their first time.

Tomorrow Im going to the travel convention MATKA in Helsinki,Im there until sunday,presenting Ingves Travel Agency and telling about their tours, we are even having a tour to South Africa for spring 2013. Come and say hi if you happen to be at the convention.

My excersising this month has started out well, been every week at least 4 times this month. Yesterday evening me and the girls went to our local ski resort, Öjberget, and had a great time in the snow, sliding down the kiddies slope. It is a nice time of the winter now, I like the soft snow, not too cold.

Last saturday we had a late christmas party from work, a fun evening, we ate at Linds Kök,a great food experience, a green tunnel restaurant where they grow tomatoes, cucumbers, flowers in the restaurant:) even the snaps we had with the food was in cucumbers, tomatoes and red peppers. And for the entertainment we had 3 guysin the age 18 called KAJ, and they where fun:) check this out:KAJ

I wish you all nice evening, tonight I will watch my new favorite tv- series: Revenge, very good:)

Love,

Jannika

Cold and white!

Finally we have some snow and colder weather, today -10, which is the coldest we have had for ages.

This year has started good, I have been busy planning many grouptours, about 7 for next season in southern africa( both in South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe).

And I started a new job, and that is... of course also in the travelling field:) From now onwards Im working at Ingvesresor in Vasa.

Girls ( Nico and me too) enjoy the snow outside, Liina got new skies and the girls have been trying a few times skiing on our yard....I think it is time for Nico also to pull those skies on and see if he has any talent for it( better tell everyone that he has only skied once in his lifetime before, so he has a bit to learn:)

After a nice afternoon we made some potate mice for dinner, found from the kiddies recipe book ( very popular at the moment, we make about 3 recipe a week from that book on Liinas request) , are these mice not sweet:)

Have a lovely saturday evening! We are about to watch the movie ( triology, by Stieg Larsson) `Män som hatar kvinnor`. Me and Nico went to the movies last sunday to see the english version `the girl with the dragon tattoo´, so it will be interesting to see the swedish version again( I have seen it once before) . The english version was very good and worth seeing.

Love,

Jannika

2012!

I wish you all happiness , joy and dreams come trough for the new year 2012! Hope you all had a wonderful New Years Eve! We had such an enjoyable evening with friends! Children of different ages played so nicely together, and we adults enjoyed a delicious dinner and sang `snaps´songs and had many good laughes, a perfect way to end the year 2011 and start the year 2012. At midnight all children where still awake and we went outside to shoot rockets.

Most of us have new plans and make promises for the new year, and that is good, we need goals in life, and even if we do not reach our goals, at least we tried and gained new insight along the road,maybe even new possibilities, as the saying goes: Always aim for the moon, even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.

Love,

Jannika