(FI) Aina ei voi olla sata lasissa. Uupumus iskee joskus myös täydellisyyttä tavoittelevaan supersuorittajaankin. Välillä täytyy vaan pysähtyä, nauttia hetkestä miettimättä liikoja ja antaa aivojen levätä. Mikäpä olisi parempi paikka rentoutua kuin upea hiekkaranta! 

Jos et pääse merenrannalla juuri nyt, toivottavasti nämä keväiset kuvat Porin Yyteristä toimivat inspiroivina ja vievät sinut hetkeksi pois kiireisestä arjesta.

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...and same in English!

There's a time to take a break. We all feel exhausted time to time even the superhumans whose goal is to reach perfection. Sometimes you just need to stop, enjoy the moment without thinking too much and let your brains to rest. What would be a better place for relaxing than a gorgeous dndy beach!

If you cannot go to beach right now, hopefully these pics below help taking you from your hectic life to somewhere else for a little moment. 

4 tapaa lepuuttaa aivoja

Sulje silmäsi

Heittäydy haaveilemaan

Pidä breikki

Nuku tarpeeksi

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4 ways to rest your brain

Close your eyes

Indulge in daydreams

Take a break

Get enough sleep

Niin hiljaista & rauhallista.

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So quiet & peaceful.

Yyteri Beach

 It's not that often that you can go to a beach in Finland,

but on Tuesday it really was the kind of day.

Headed to Yyteri, app. 20km from Pori in the west coast.

 Someone was so anxious to feel the sea!

It's extremely shallow for a really long way.

 Had lunch at Merimesta in Reposaari.

Hopefully it will be a warm & sunny day today as well!

Beach Walk

 Here's some more pics of the Wednesday's beach walk

 The weather was not only sunny but hot as well

 Funny little beach birdies

 Walked under the Venice pier

 The beach continues...

One of the best beaches ever seen

- long sandy beach, no trash, no hotels 

 No hotels but beach houses

 The end of the beach

- pier in Marine del Rey

 Some balance exercises in Marina del Rey

 Walked back along the boardwalk next to the beach

admiring the beach houses

and envying the people living there...

Graffiti in Venice

On The Beach

 The hotel has its own sandy beach

with beds, shades and towels

- pic taken in the morning,

not so many people yet

 There's the beach

 Hills on the other side of the hotel,

next to the beach

 Big waves and partly cloudy,

even some rain somewhere there

 Perfect wind for wind-surfing

- didn't try though...

 Vow, what a natural wonder or perhaps made by the Romans

or a tourist last week...

 Someone has made a nice little house up there!

 A closer look of the modern houses up on the hill

The beach is partly very fine black vulcanic sand

which makes it very interesting

Which Way?

Should I choose this way or that way?
On the way to the beach

Cool, refreshing water

Pistacchio-almond ice-cream
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Curry grouper with jasmine rice

- coconut milk, jalopenos...

rich & spicy
.

Rhodes Day 2

Activities

Running for 45 mins around the beaches on the both sides of the peninsula in the morning. Met also at least 6 other runners! Sone people were already lying on the beach beds - probably never made it back to their hotels last night.

Wanted to havea swim in the pool area of the hotel, but it opened only at 9am - didn't want to wait another hour so just had a shower and headed to the breakfast.

Breakfast in the hotel

Watermelon, cantaloupe, plums

Omelette with mushrooms, green peppers and cheese

Croisant with apricot jam

Green tea

The hotel breakfast was really good. lots of dishes to choose from, fresh fruits, home-baked breads...

Spent the whole day on the Elli Beach sunbathing, swimming and reading a book.

- Very relaxing day

- Lounge music, good service

- After the lunch came locals to the beach - got a bit noisier! Not a problem thought. Perhaps among them some local celebs because 2 paparazzis were there...

Lunch at Santa Lucia

near the beach

Horiatiki

Tsatsiki with bread

Cheese Saganaki

- Quite a boring diet - alwasy the same dishes! But in Greece has to eat Greek way.

- Place was probably own by a Swede, at least the waitress spoke Swedish and the place was painted in blue & yellow

On the beach read a book by Susanna Alajärvi called "Sikalat". The original book is in Swedish, read it in Finnish. It tells in the point of view of a child how it is to live in a family with an alcoholic problem. There are good sober periods and there are bad, really bad periods when mom and dad are drinking for a several weeks. The book starts and ends but it gives a feeling that there was life before and after as well.

Dinner at Golden Olympiade

in the Old Town, under a big tree

Horiatiki salad

Tsatsiki with bread

Dolmades

Calamari fritti

- Place was ok, nothing special

- Starters were good, calamari quite greasy and heavy