I decided to try out a Finnish recipe I found online- Chicken Temptation. How could I resist a ridiculous name like that? 

It’s a simple baked dish with potatoes, onions, and chicken baked in a creamy curry and white pepper sauce. It was mild and filling. I imagine on the very cold Finnish winter evenings, a meal like this would be ultra satisfying. I served it with fresh green salads with tomatoes and more of the delicious homemade blue cheese dressing.  

   

After dinner, we went for a walk to the beach so I could dip my toes in the Baltic for the first time EVER! The walk along the shore was stunningly beautiful. The air here is fresh and sweet. The sun never stops shining. Utopia!    

 

We had a green, sunny walk home. I picked some wild forest flowers and made a lovely bouquet 😌 

  

  

  
 

 

We love this place!  Why shouldn’t Bock’s have bocks outside? 

           We each had a beer- Adam had the Pils and I had the Dunkel. Both were good. We ordered the smoked turkey plate- locally farmed turkeys smoked yesterday! The dish was wonderful! The smoked turkey was served cold on a fresh, crisp salad with a sweet tart dressing. So yummy!  

  

  

  

Theres not much I can say… I was peckish … I wanted a snack before we headed out for lunch… Whatever! 😉

   
  

it was hard to choose what to eat for breakfast today… So many options 😊

I opted for Turkish yogurt drizzled with honey and topped with strawberries, toasted lingonberry rye bread with butter and raspberry jam, a strong cup of coffee, and a book of Hemingway’s short stories… Now that’s MY kind of morning 😘 

     

We had wonderful day in Vaasa. We slept in, read and relaxed, cleaned and unpacked. Then we headed off to the grocery store. We thought it was just a short two mile walk… Boy were we wrong😏 We walked about 3 1/2 miles each way and with loads of groceries and local beers on the way back! Boy were we ready for dinner when we got home😋

We started with fresh salads with tomato and onion and a homemade blue cheese dressing. I made pan-seared Norwegian salmon with lemon-dill butter, sweet peas with onion and butter, and boiled new potatoes. We washed it all down with a lovely Argentinian Malbec. So yummy and fulfilling, especially after the long treck home.  

  

 

The walk to the grocery store turned out to be much longer than expected. We deserved a treat😉 We stopped at City Market Square. Adam had vanilla and I had mint chocolate- mmmmm!  

  

 

We decided it was time to get out of the apartment for a little while, so we headed to the grocery store. We packed a lunch for the road and headed out. We stopped at a lovely park on a lake on the way. We had smoked white fish with butter and cucumber on crusty baguettes, cucumber slices, red bell peppers, cherry tomatoes, and crunchy chips. All washed down with a wonderful Finnish beer, Karhu (bear in Finnish). What a nice picnic!   

  

Simple and tasty.  

 

Good morning! It’s sunny and warm here in Vaasa, 60*F ☺️ What a perfect day for breakfast on the terrace… Birds singing, sun warming, loveliness! 

I had an apple, strawberries, lingonberry rye bread with butter, and great coffee. All good, but I especially enjoyed the sweet/savory lingonberry rye bread. It has a dense crumb yet it’s moist, tender, and flavorful. I hope I can figure out a way to bring a few loaves home!