So this was a very special july week. My friend Roosa from Finland came visiting me from the first till the seventh of july! Last time we've seen each other was last October. So I was really happy to finally spent time with her again.
On our first day we went for lunch to the Sushi Bar to have some good food together with my boyfriend, who had some free time from university so he could join us. Sushi is always good, isn't it? After that Roosa and me went to the botanical gardens. I really wanted to show that place to her and especially in summer, when everything's in bloom, it's the perfect place. We took tons of photos, all the flowers were so pretty. We also visited the green houses, where cacti, succulents and other desert plants grew. This was such a hot day, so we couldn't stay in the green houses for too long. We got really thirsty so we went into a cute café, that we found on our way back to the city, for some chilly ginger rhubarb lemonade.
Back in the city I showed my favorite asian tea shop to her. We bought a few things, incense, tea, a cup and a cute black n white bowl. Of course we also couldn't resist all the card shops on our way and ended up buying lots of cards again. A visit in my fav bookshop is a must and they also sell lots of english books. We ended up buying two books each, Roosa got "Milk and Honey" by Rupi Kaur & "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde, I got "The Pearl that broke it's shell" by Nadia Hashimi & "The Bookshop" by Penelope Fitzgerald.
The rest of the week the weather stayed that hot, but nevertheless we tried to do as many things as possible: We ate lots of yummy food (at home and in some restaurants), went to the forest nearby, bought vinyls, watched movies, listened to our favourite music, had warm summer evenings on my balcony with our painting stuff, candles and wine, talked a lot, laughed a lot and just enjoyed our reunion.
It was an unforgettable week and it was hard to say goodbye at the airport. But I know that of course we will meet again soon and spend the best quality time together again.
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