I say YES to cooking lunch with my friends!

   Ok, so this blog post may sound random. I mean I have been to thousands of lunches with my friends but rarely do we get together and cook ourselves. So when these things do happen they make me happy and get me thinking we should do this more often. So this particular lunch was with my colleagues. Maigi was our lovely host and we decided to cook oven baked salmon and rice and a cheesecake. I must say I actually didn`t do much cooking myself. Maigi had already baked the cake and Risto was the main fisherman who deboned the fish and seasoned it and made it extra delicious with mayonnaise on top. We had a nice meal and a good time and we should really do this more often. So who wants to get together and cook lunch sometimes? ;)

Kris.

Risto& Maigi- our great cooks :)

I say YES to keeping alive summer memories!

 In July I had a fun-filled day with my friends when we took a little road trip. You can read about it here. What I didn`t tell you is that my friend used a disposable camera this summer and took a whole lot of pictures. You can see some of the photos on her blog. So I decided to "steal" some of the photos and post them here to remember the fun day we had and keep the summer memories alive :)

Images by Risse

I say YES to museums and science centers!

    I love visiting museums. I rarely do it and that`s why it was that much more fun to visit some new places and some old ones this summer. So to start off me and my brother and my mom decided to go to the Toy museum because they had never been. And then my mom went for a trip to the UK for a week and me and my little brother and my dad decided that we must visit the Ahhaa science center (because my lil brother is obsessed with birds right now and he wanted to see the little chicks that grow in the incubator) and the newly opened Ice Age center. So we did!

1. Tartu Toy Museum
Our favourite part was the playroom where you could go and dress up in costumes.

2. Ahhaa Science Center
So this one was my favorite because it was really interesting and I learned a lot and my brother had the best time there.

3. Ice Age Center
So the Ice Age Center is really cool but there was a lot of information just written on the walls and since my brother is 5, he can`t keep still for too long for me to read the information to him so I have to visit that place one more time just to get the full effect. :D Didn`t take any pictures either :p

So I think visiting different museums and centers is really awesome and there are some more I want to visit so I`ll keep you posted if I do ;)

Kris.

I say YES to wednesdays!

I love wednesdays! It`s as simple as that. This summer the wednesdays have been especially cool. In Tartu, where I live, it`s pretty common that people go out to small pub style places. But instead of sitting inside they take their drinks and stand in the outside of these pubs. There is a lot of these places in one street which means there is a lot of people hanging out. And if it`s one thing I love it is people watching. So the perfect combo is to go out on a wednesday night , have a cider and just chill out and get to know new people.
 This wednesday was no exception but this one was special already from lunchtime. We decided to have a cooking party with my colleagues from work. So we had oven baked salmon and rice and Maigi even made a delicious cake for dessert. A perfect fun afternoon with friends and good food. But the day was far from over because after having dinner with my friend we went to the movies with a bunch of people. We watched "Horrible bosses", some of us had seen it already but it`s such a funny movie you can watch it many times. The video below is a really funny scene from the movie :D
  After the movie some of us headed to the city to do the usual people watching and drinking. And oh this wednesday didn`t dissapoint. There were a lot of people there, some new faces, some old faces. Some ugly drunk people and some really cute guys. :D The fall has definitely begun because the city is filled with new students starting their studies at the University of Tartu. I even met my future husband there but he doesn`t know it yet :D All an all the perfect wednesday!

Kris.

I say YES to keeping family traditions alive!

We have a small family tradition. Every summer we make an effort to visit a trout fishing place near our home. It belongs to a friend of ours and the place is gorgeous. You really have to visit yourself to know what I`m talking about but if you can`t then at least go and check out their website . The food is really good and the athmosphere is always relaxing and fun. So when you get a chance there is still some summer left, go and enjoy a great time with your friends or family. :)

Kris.

I say YES to fun weekends in Pärnu!

   
        Suvi on täies hoos! Kuigi jah, kui praegu siin kampsun seljas ja teetass käes istudes aknast välja vaadata, siis tunne on sügisene. :D Igatahes nädalavahetusel oli suvi ja suvepealinn Pärnu teemas! Sihtmärgiks oli eelkõige sõpradega mõnusalt aega veeta, nalja teha ja pidutseda. Simple as that! Ja pidu sai ja oi, kuidas veel sai.
    Ürituseks oli Beach Grind @ Club Sunset koos Netsky ja Camo&Crooked`iga. Kes selliseid nimesid ei tea, siis nüüd tuleb youtube abiks võtta. ;) Igatahes korralik dnb küttepidu, kus ligi 3200 inimest panid täiega hullu. Seda kõike on päris raske sõnadesse panna ja sellepärast ma pigem ei üritagi, sest sõnadest jääb väheks. Leidsin youtube`st mingi sellise video, mis vähesel määral annab aimu, mis toimus.
    Kuigi ilmateade väga ei hellitanud lootusi, et Pärnus olles randa ka saab, siis vaatamata tugevale külmale tuulele, õnnestus meil järgmisel päeval mingi poolteist tundi ikka rannatoolide taga tuulevarjus päikest võtta.
Kohustulik ring sai ka Steffanis tehtud ja samuti tegime tiiru veinifestivalil, mis oli rannahotelli kõrvale püsti pandud. Sellest inspireerituna otsustasimegi tol õhtul teha veiniõhtu, mis lõppes jällegi kord sellega, et kõik tulid linna pealt erinevatel aegadel koju ja magama saadi kell 6.30 kui sedagi. Good times!
   Laupäev andis küll hommikul suuri lootusi, et saab veel enne ärasõitu randa, aga minut peale söömise lõpetamist lahedas Supelsakste kohvikus, sadas maha selline padukas, et lootused purunesid. Läksime rõõmsalt lahku ja sõitsime kõik erinevates suundades kes koju, kes sõprade juurde, kes Tallinnasse. :)
   Tänud Aira, Kosa, Paurik, Marten, Laur, Oliver & Andreas!


Kris.

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    The summer is here. Well actually I am sitting here in my sweater with a cup of tea right now, since the weather is damn cold, but we spent the weekend in the capital of summer- Pärnu! We went there to party and have a good old time. And that we did.
    The main event of the weekend was a drum`n bass event called Beach Grind, where the performers included Netsky and Camo&Crooked. About 3200 people attended the event and it was full on madness. In a good way of course. Everybody went crazy and words won`t do this event justice so I`ve located a little video in youtube. It doesn`t really do it justice either but you slightly get the idea.
   Even though the weather forecast was not optimistic we still managed to snuck in a little sunbathing at the beach. Pärnu`s beach is the most popular in Estonia but that day it was pretty much empty since there was a chilly wind outside. We didn`t care because we don`t get to go there as often anymore so we had to take advantage. There is also a legendary Italian restaurant called Steffani in Pärnu. The place is always a must since the pizza there is delicious. We also attended a small wine festival and decided that we`ll have a wine evening that night. It pretty much ended up like the last evening when everyone got home at like 6.30 in the morning. But it was so worth it.
   The last day gave hope at first that we can go to the beach again. But when we finished lunch it was pouring rain outside and everyone decided to end the fun weekend there and go their seperate ways. All an all a perfect Pärnu weekend. ;)

Kris.

I say YES to spontaneus fun-filled days with my friends!

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Me alustasime oma päeva hommikusöögiga. Sõime omlette ja jõime lattesid ja rääkisime naistejutte.

Me sõitsime linnast välja. Tegime peatuse, et teha pilti keset rapsipõldu. Need on nii võrratult kollased praegu.

Me sõitsime Kiidjärve juurde ujuma. Vette hüpates oli vesi eriliselt külm. Mingi aja möödudes läks aga järjest soojemaks ja lõpuks oli väga mõnus. Väljas sadas õrnalt vihma.

Me läksime Risse suvilasse, kus me korjasime ja sõime metsmaasikaid. Mõnusalt magusaid.

Me peatusime tagasiteel tee ääres, et teha heinapallidega pilti. See on olnud Risse suur unistus juba pikka aega.

Me naersime terve päev ja eriti palju ja eriti kõvasti.

Me teeme seda varsti jälle! ;)


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We started our day by going to breakfast together. We had omlettes and latte's and fun girl talk. 


 We drove out of the city. We stopped the car to take pictures in the middle of a rapeseedfield. They are gloriously yellow this time of year. 


 We went to a lake called Kiidjärve. It was lightly drizzling rain. There was noone else there but the 4 of us. We jumped in and it was shocking cold at first but then it started to warm up and the water was amazing. 


We went to pick some wild strawberries at my friends summer house. They tasted delicious. 


 We stopped by the side of the road to take photos with the hay rolls. It had been my friends long last dream to do that. So we did. 


 We laughed a whole lot! 


 We are going to have days like these again! :)




 Kris.