As some of you might have guessed, our holiday was extended due to the cancelled flights all over Europe (or at least in most countries in Europe). That's why only yesterday afternoon we arrived back in our place. We're broke due to the extended holiday, but at least it was still within our budget, though once we found out that we might not be able to get back home as planned, we had to really be on a tight holiday budget - but still the weather was perfect the week of our supposed holiday (ranging between 17-29'C) - a day or two after that it rained for a few hours until midday (it rained hard), so we could only get out to the city after midday.
Haven't had time to blog-hop or do anything much 'coz we had no internet access while we were there (our mobiles aren't connected to the net) and we didn't want to spend much time at the computer rental (of course). Unfortunately 'coz it's not high season yet, all of the museums were closed still.
Good thing was that even though our flights were postponed (first to last week's Wednesday and then to last Saturday), we could still stay in the same hotel for free (really impressed with the management of the hotel), though we had to move rooms twice. Funnily, the first time we had to move to a different room, we got a MUCH better unobstructed view 'coz there was a balcony straight from our bedroom. :-D :-D :-D Lucky us! :-D
Anyway, I'm not going to write too long yet...just wanna tell you that I'm alive and kicking ha ha ha ha...and I'll share some pics with you here...tell you later about everything else and I'll blog-hop bit by bit sometime this week...hope you're all doing fine!
1st pic: The view from our bedroom window (the first room we stayed in during the first week). We stayed in Village Heights Golf Resorts, Crete. The dark blue part below the sky is the ocean.
2nd photo: The view from our living room window of the second apartment we stayed in (I'll show you a video clip of this view later on). Again the dark blue part is the ocean.
3rd pic: View of the sea in Hersonissos.
4th pic: Another view of the same spot, taken from a lower ground. LOVE this idyllic place!
5th pic: Seagulls "dancing" right above our heads in the hotel area one beautiful day...there were SO many of them (many more than I could capture in one pic)!
Well, I guess I'd better spill the bad news first, right? Found out last Friday that our flight from Rovaniemi to Helsinki in October wasn't confirmed. In fact, that particular airline no longer had flights on Tuesdays and Wednesdays (I guess because there aren't too many people having holidays to Lapland by then). We contacted the travel agent and today we got info that we could either cancel everything and get the full refund or we could be get the refund for the flight from Rovaniemi to Helsinki and they'd find us an alternative. The alternative flight means that we have to add €300.
I was SOOOOOOOOOOOOO angry when I heard that. Imagine what we can use with €300!!! I wanted to kill somebody...or sue somebody. Yeah, all the devils in Amel have reared their ugly heads and all I wanted to do was S-C-R-E-A-M-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR...I was amazed that hubby was so calm, though...As usual, his calmness was like a firefighter that doused my "flames of anger". I feel sad 'coz hubby has to pay extra for our trip, but then again it's better to do it than to cancel the whole trip.
We did try to find a cheaper alternative to go to Helsinki, but there's no other option. We can go to Helsinki by train, but it's not too much cheaper. Plus it takes a long time to go there, so it's still not a better option in many ways.
Okay, now I've let out some steam. Time for the good things in life he he he he...Our cabin trip turned out to be a HONEYMOOOONNN HA HA HA HA HA HA HA...In every way! *wink wink*
First of all, though, we had to work hard, or Arttu had to work hard he he he...My in-laws have decided to change the two single beds in the cabin with a sofa-bed in their living-room. That means they'll buy a new sofa-bed for their living room. R2 went there by tractor with his Dad while my MIL and I walked there. Then we started taking out the two single beds plus the mattresses. Then Arttu took the sofa-bed inside and after that my MIL and FIL went back to their house.
Arttu still had to rearrange the furniture and he had to chop some firewood and heat up the sauna. We had this joke while he was chopping up some wood that had some blue paint on.
Amel : Do you think it'll be burnt well, since there's still a coat of paint there?
Arttu: It can be poisonous, so I'd better burn it now so that we can leave the place and wait until it's heated up before we go in.
Amel : Poisonous? Really?
Arttu: I don't know.
Amel : Hmmm...well, if it IS poisonous, at least we're going to die together. How romantic!
Arttu: Indeeeeedddddddd!
HUE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE...After that we got back to my in-laws' for a while, then we finally got back to the cabin once the sauna was warm enough. Arttu went skinny dipping (literally he was just dipping himself for about 10 seconds since the water was COOOOLLLDDD). I didn't go since I couldn't handle it he he he he he...
Then Arttu lit up the fireplace inside the cabin and we had to wait before we could grill the sausages and hamburgers there. Since we were SO hungry already, we were munching on the chips we brought there hi hi hi hi...Munch, munch, munch...uuuuhhh so hungry!!! And finally we could eat the hamburgers and sausages. VERY delicious!!!
I won't tell the details about the rest of the night, though HA HA HA HA HA HA HA...Let's just say that it was beyond my expectation since I didn't expected anything like honeymoon HA HA HA HA HA HA...Here are some pics of the cabin:
Okay, time to blog-hop a little bit later. I'll blog-hop more tomorrow, OK? Mondays are always busy since I have to buy grocery, exercise, and cook when I finish work he he...
