A Hiking We Will Go!

Grandpa Bob is visiting us from Iowa so we have been sharing and exploring Finland with him.  For a fun weekend activity, we decided take advantage of the sunny day and go hiking.  Some American friends, who are familiar with the area, took us hiking up a mountain that is the highest point in South Karelia  (Karelia is the region of Finland we are in).  The lookout from the top of the mountain was beautiful.  As you can see, the leaves are already turning here.  Along the way, we saw landmarks from the early 1700's, such as the early border between Sweden and Russia which is now, of course, Finland.  We also stopped at a unique art exhibit situated in a garden along the road.  We had fun walking among the strange and eerie mud sculptures.  Some of them were a bit creepy with their all to realistic set of teeth. 

We are doing our best to explore Finland and find all it has to offer.  We take delight in discovering sites off the beaten path.

      Here we are on top of the mountain near the 1722 border between Russia and Sweden

                                                                        Nice Teeth!