Finland

Last week we went on vacation to Finland, partly to see my brother & family one last time before they move to France, and partly to get our fill of the wide open nature that Finland has to offer. The weather wasn't quite what I expected (cold and sometimes rainy), but it was beautiful nevertheless and we all enjoyed spending quality family time together.

I'm including some of my favorite pictures below, but if you want to see the whole trip, click here

Family picture with the Baltic Sea in the background:

Hiking in the woods with Luke in the backpack:

I have a job! (kinda)

Well, after 3 interviews spread out over 4 months (can you believe I sent my CV back in February?), I finally, sorta, have a job offer with the Brussels Department of the Environment. I'm missing a few "official" documents without which they can't offer me the job. But it's just a question of assembling those documents, which should only take a few weeks. If all goes well, I may be back at work on July 1st. Just in time to work for a few weeks before I take a 3-week vacation at the end of July! :-) We'll see how things play out. In the meantime, I'm pleased to have a job offer (sorta).

Thursday we leave for Finland for a 10-day vacation. We're doing a driving loop on the southern tip of Finland, going from Helsinki to Turku (where my brother&family live), then on to the "archipelago" in the Baltic sea. We're looking forward to being out in nature again, doing a bit of hiking, boating, fishing, etc and just plainly being out of the city!

I don't have many pictures to share this time, except for a few fun ones of Luke playing with the comforter on our bed. He looks like an angel in a cloud...