Cold evening

One of the things that always shock me when I come to Finland in the winter is how cold it is here. And no, it's not cold, not really - we're talking about under -10 C which is actually a very reasonable winter temperature. But still. There was a low point yesterday when we were at my sister's place - and we thought it was so cold: I borrowed wooly socks that were up to my knees, and I was huddling at the table wrapped in a blanket, Dragon had a pair of goose down slippers and an extra sweater. My sister and her boyfriend just laughed as apparently we looked really pitiful.

We played couple of games of Saint Petersburg, a game we infected them with when they visited us last time. Every time I play this game I'm just amazed how good and balanced it is... Harro had read about a theory that Mistress of Ceremonies card is considered broken by some people as apparently if you manage to buy it on the first round you automatically win, and it just happened that we got to test this theory - and in my opinion although getting the card in the first round will help considerably, it does not mean an automatic win. I was actually very happy about this as this is one of my very favourite games.

We also spent some time observing the aquarium - Laura and Harro have two tanks, and one of them is populated with some extremely cute crayfish with a school of extremely cute babies. Apparently they get a bit too hungry if they are put in a tank with fish, but on their own they were even more fascinating.

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