Cold February

February is always short and in February the winter holiday period starts in Finland. We also had a short vacation with the kids in the Lapland before the rush (school breaks) started. Well, on the border of the Lapland, in Ruka (near Kuusamo city). Of course, it is impossible to have a full break during such a high scientific season, but I noticed that I wasn't the only one who was working distantly from the Lapland! 😅 As it was such a cold week (16-28 Celsius degrees), it was impossible anyway to do downhill skiing or cross-country skiing for full days. So it was pretty convenient to to enjoy the sports in the morning and then have meeting in front of the log-fire. 

But perhaps due to such a cold week and a lot of outdoor sports, I got a flu. And yes, I took the corona-test and it was luckily negative. I must say that everything was organized in Ruka Ski Resort very well , e.g. the area where you had to queue the ski-lifts were spread widely, so that people would have enough distance to each others. But despite the heavy use of face-masks and hand-sanitizers, still I've got a bug... But then again, it seemed that my youngest kid had also very mild symptoms, so perhaps she carried it from the daycare, an unavoidable chain! Anyway, after slow recovery, we are now heading to the March, which will be full of different scientific events! And since my teaching (synthesis laboratory course) was cancelled from this spring, I have time to do some research also in March! 😎