Midsummer in Finland
Fellow postcrosser Rinna writes: Hi! I am Riina from Finland. You asked to write something that you can't find from the internet about home country or city. I decided to tell you about "Midsummer" that we will celebrate on Friday throughout Finland. Usually people want to travel to their summer houses on Midsummer (of course everybody does not have summer houses but very many do have and it is usually the place to celebrate Midsummer). It's traditional that we do babrecue, go swimming (at the lake, sea, or river), go to sauna , and maybe play some games outside. There are also some traditional "spells" that people do on the Midsummer night. I guess the most known is to get 7 flowers from the feilds and put them under a pillow. Then when you are sleeping, you should see your fourthcoming spouse in your dreams! :-) There are lots of things I could write about Midsummer in Finland but this postcard is far to small for all that. Anyway, I hope everything is good! Riina [ Your Midsummer sounds very much like what we celebrate today, Independance Day July 4th, lots of BBQ's, swimming and Red, White and Blue! Thank you for sharing]
