We ended up comfortably sipping our champagne and having fondue while watching almost all our neighbors provide an amazing display right out our living room windows. As we are on the canal, many come here to set their fireworks off over the water. We even turned the couch around to face the windows, so we wouldn't crimp our necks - total wimps - it was fantastic. People were all gathered along the walkways below drinking their champagne and were generally well-behaved, and luckily we didn't witness any mishaps.
On New Year's Eve, we ventured out of town on a train to the village of Fiskars, formerly the tool & scissors foundry town, and now home to craftspeople and artists. It was mostly closed up, but we did visit the small house/turned-museum, and Claire took this beautiful and classic Finnish picture that day. We'll drive the Z back there in the spring.
And here are a few more pictures from the holiday: at the Ice Bar, about the size of a walk-in fridge but fun anyway and such chic attire; and I'm happy to report, I was finally able to vanquish Gerald in Scrabble. It's been a while since we've been able to outdo him. And no we did not play in Finnish.
The girls are back in the US safely and ready for busy years, with Kaliecia graduating in the spring, and Claire beginning to teach in a theater program in New York public schools. It was a nice, long visit but felt too short at the same time.
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