We’ve had lovely weather in Helsinki for two weeks or so.  On one of such beautiful days, I joined a tour to the Nuuksio national park , which is located only 45-minute drive away from Helsinki. Though I could go there using public transportation at any time, it was nice to have mini bus transportation from Helsinki city center and a guide who knows all about the national park.

Our guide, Olli, brought Kuksa (the cup traditionally crafted by Sami people in Lapalnd) for us to put berries and later drink coffee. We walked something like 3.5 km picking up berries (blueberries and lingonberries) and mushrooms and listening to Olli’s explanation about trees, flowers, lakes, berries, mushrooms…

It was a wonderful day with Olli and other participants, a Finnish lady, two gentlemen from Ireland. They were all nice to walk and talk together 🙂