I am currently visiting friends in central Finland (330km south of Arctic circle) to escape the Qld summer heat before uni starts. WOW what a difference!! Today it is -26 degrees in the town I am staying in! The snow is too dry to throw, your nose hairs freeze solid in the first minute of going outside and your nads permanently reside somewhere deep in your belly! Roads are icy and the bus barely stays on the road.

Tomorrow the breeze will be 10 knots (huge for here) and I am heading to the local lake with multiple layers of clothing on to try some snow kiting with the local instructor. The forecast is a sultry -16 tomorrow!!!

Despite the cold, people still walk to work, go skiiing and skating in the afternoon and drink beer in copious quantities. Sunrise is at 9am and sets at 4pm and barely raises 25 degrees above the horizon.

Kids still go to school and noone is late for work. These people put us Aussies to shame!! No whinging or whining.... they are stoked just to see the sun from time to time. maybe it's the secret to their beautiful nature!

So when waveslave has a spray and everybody bites, chillax dudes!! You have wind, warmth and sunshine every day.