May Day coming

This morning I felt quite good, so I'm back in the office today. Weather right now is pretty miserable, but they are promising some good weather for the weekend, which incidentally is also the spring's first Bank Holiday weekend, so I can't complain too much.

People in Finland are getting ready to celebrate vappu - which I think would translate as May Day, and is also the International Labour Day. In here, there's of course nothing going on, as it would be considered too... left-wing. The Spring Bank holiday coming on Monday is a fairly new bank holiday - it took the state a long time to recognise it as an official holiday... the roots for this holiday are pagan, which made it originally very politically incorrect for puritan Englishmen, and later on the working class association made it politically incorrect for other reasons.

I haven't made any sima (traditional drink for vappu), but I think if the weather allows we should go for a little picnic brunch in the park. Herring and egg sandwiches could be on the menu, as our local Waitrose has lately had some Swedish (very close to Finnish style) pickled herrings on their delicatessen counter.