I just had dinner, party for one: bottle of prosecco and selection of mild cheeses. Who can beat that?!

Ah, yes, the other day the italian theme turned later into indian theme. I took off some points for my inconsistency 😉 but I do love some hot hearty meals. Our national kitchen is not much different from German and slavic mix: pelmeni in one end, Sauerkraut, Blutwurst and potatoes…. boiled usually. Well, the “to go to” meal when on my island used to be sort of marinated herring with sour cream and boiled potatoes, which I still love every now and then. Infamous thing was potatoes boiled in a pot while salted sardines were on top. Gross, I know. But seems the fishermen really loved it.

There is the russian or ukrainian shops in all major cities in the world, you can find some of our famous products there. Like black bread, the real bread, not the white flour sugarfilled thing you call a bread in USA.

My prayers have been answered and I have something to look forward to: AC/DC is coming to town!!!! So, I have a reason to live again for some half year or so. Got handful of tickets so I will now take applicants who want to go to the concert 😉

I have been busy bee for weeks now, however, all the money coming in is spent faster than I can count. What’s with that now? Doesn’t matter how much I get all I see it’s dissapearing like in some twisted magic trick. And I don’t even buy anything special, just food, petrol, cats stuff. No clothes, no party, no cinema, no nothing. I looked up now we are the most expensive country in Europe. Out of all countries we have 22% tax on everything, food included, no exceptions on anything. Or to put it correctly, the only exceptions are fuels and alcohol and tobacco – taxes on these are even higher :). The sad part is that we are, in fact, poorest in Europe. Yet by the prices everyone thinks we are swimming in gold. Totally inadequate government, uneducated, just plain stupid. Embarassing. They now increased or added even more taxes. For real estate, for cars, instead of lowering or cutting all taxes, those idiots increased taxes. See, I went to uni for 8 years, studying finance, taxes, bookkeeping and business in general. The first rule for any economy to grow is….. yes, decrease tax or make incentives for business minded people who THEN create business, create workplaces, add some value to something. But our clowns increased taxes. Oh, embarassing, how stupid. 

Anyways, today, on lovely Sunday, the sun came out for the second time in this year!!! I made TikTok about it immediately. I was in deep shock to say it mildly. I was paralyzed enjoying this, not moving, just staring at the sun. It could be the next time we see sun is in May. You never know! So this is what all the proper nordic people do when out of the blue the sun comes out: we put on warmest clothes, go out and stand in the sun like meerkats. Maybe few minutes, maybe ten minutes, maybe even half an hour. This we don’t miss ever. Today was second day the sun was out this year, it’s 16th of February. One and a half months, two times. I am not joking. That is why solarium or sunbathing is considered semi-medical procedure here. My doc literally told me I have to go or I will fall into depression (which is pretty common in this part of the world). We also are ordered to eat D vitamins daily whole year long. Only, perhaps, if it’s good weather, we don’t have to take vitamins in July. But all in all it’s vital that we take them all year long. 

So, come along AC/ DC is waiting!

xoxox