At dinner last night at Tim's professor's home - we met a lovely couple named Erika and Elijah. They were the ones who told us about the homes having names and that sometimes when you mailed an envelope you wouldn't even put the person's name on it!
Anyways I had mentioned to them that in NS - there is something called the "Polar Bear Swim/Dip" every New Year's Day....in which people are brave and jump into the ocean to celebrate a "New Year" and everything else that comes along with this. It's televised and many people of all ages do this. I suppose to "cleanse yourself" of all the old memories from the previous year.
Well didn't I look silly. The Fins apparently do this ALL winter long! They swim in lakes in the winter and go to their Saunas to heat up. Apparently the saunas are usually 20-50 meters from the hole in the lake so to get to the hole - one should wear wool socks. Because the air is so cold and the water as well - if you were crazy enough to go bare foot - your feet would stick to the ice. (Think tongue to metal pole or lips around a frozen Popsicle!!!)
And the "really crazy Fins" go for a dip, go in the sauna and roll in the snow after they're too hot in the sauna. I think that's a little much.
Most homes have saunas in their backyards - in a separate small house like a shed (but not quite as small). Some of the more modern or fancier apartment buildings also have saunas - either tiny ones per apartment or communal ones for all tenants to share. Then you would just sign up for whatever time you'd like to have the sauna for (say 1/2 hour) - and you could invite your friends. The sneaky way to get more sauna time was to have all of your friends plan and sign up for their saunas in their buildings - and just have a sauna party everyday of the week if you wanted.
I recently got back from the grocery store by myself (a very dangerous thing to do as a pregnant woman - I'm sure you females understand) - and picked up a package of Kaakao minidonitsi (Chocolate Mini donuts). I am not one for chocolate to be honest - white chocolate is fabulous - milk chocolate occasionally and any kind of chocolate with a fruit center or nuts is great! I didn't think that these mini donuts would be good - but whoa - they're amazing.
I am a Maritimer and that means we have a Tim Hortons on every busy street if not 2-5 of them. Tim Hortons needs to learn how to make these puppies! They're amazing! And light!
They are plain donuts and just lightly coated in milk chocolate. I figure a little treat for the husband since he was busy at school all day researching - but if he can do his research on Arabic Philosophy - then I am in my right to do my own!!
Thankfully I have been walking like mad everywheres and do not feel any guilt (not that I did before pregnancy anyways) about having one mini donitsi and a bowl of yoghurt.
Anyways I had mentioned to them that in NS - there is something called the "Polar Bear Swim/Dip" every New Year's Day....in which people are brave and jump into the ocean to celebrate a "New Year" and everything else that comes along with this. It's televised and many people of all ages do this. I suppose to "cleanse yourself" of all the old memories from the previous year.
Well didn't I look silly. The Fins apparently do this ALL winter long! They swim in lakes in the winter and go to their Saunas to heat up. Apparently the saunas are usually 20-50 meters from the hole in the lake so to get to the hole - one should wear wool socks. Because the air is so cold and the water as well - if you were crazy enough to go bare foot - your feet would stick to the ice. (Think tongue to metal pole or lips around a frozen Popsicle!!!)
And the "really crazy Fins" go for a dip, go in the sauna and roll in the snow after they're too hot in the sauna. I think that's a little much.
Most homes have saunas in their backyards - in a separate small house like a shed (but not quite as small). Some of the more modern or fancier apartment buildings also have saunas - either tiny ones per apartment or communal ones for all tenants to share. Then you would just sign up for whatever time you'd like to have the sauna for (say 1/2 hour) - and you could invite your friends. The sneaky way to get more sauna time was to have all of your friends plan and sign up for their saunas in their buildings - and just have a sauna party everyday of the week if you wanted.
I recently got back from the grocery store by myself (a very dangerous thing to do as a pregnant woman - I'm sure you females understand) - and picked up a package of Kaakao minidonitsi (Chocolate Mini donuts). I am not one for chocolate to be honest - white chocolate is fabulous - milk chocolate occasionally and any kind of chocolate with a fruit center or nuts is great! I didn't think that these mini donuts would be good - but whoa - they're amazing.
I am a Maritimer and that means we have a Tim Hortons on every busy street if not 2-5 of them. Tim Hortons needs to learn how to make these puppies! They're amazing! And light!
They are plain donuts and just lightly coated in milk chocolate. I figure a little treat for the husband since he was busy at school all day researching - but if he can do his research on Arabic Philosophy - then I am in my right to do my own!!
Thankfully I have been walking like mad everywheres and do not feel any guilt (not that I did before pregnancy anyways) about having one mini donitsi and a bowl of yoghurt.
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