Time to relax

Hi guys,

As you might have noticed, it has been a few days since my last blog post. Today I signed in to Blogger just to tell you that writing this travel blog has started to feel more like an obligation than just fun, and I guess it shows, too. Road trips like ours can be pretty tiring, and in the evenings I'd rather take a drink and start making plans for the next day than try to find an Internet connection that works well enough to update the blog. After all, it is a family holiday and I'm supposed to have some quality time with my kids instead of sitting at the laptop for the last 1-2 hours of the day. One also needs to want to say something, to share something in particularly special, not just to list things that have been seen or places visited. That I don't want to do.

I will however continue my other blog, Maailma odottaa (= The World Awaits), which is in Finnish and describes our upcoming relocation to Baerum in Norway. That one I can write whenever I feel like it and focus on the things that really matter to me. Or don't matter that much, depending on the day and feeling!

We will stay in California for another five days rolling around the coast, and return to Finland for a week on 8th July at midnight. Then there will be a lot of packing, and on 15th July we will start another journey to our new home country; a bit longer and even more exciting than this holiday. Keep tuned.

Jenni