This April
I haven’t been too busy but there’s still some actions to tell about.
In the
Easter time we visited an Estonian town Haapsalu. The weather was mostly poor and we
couldn’t enjoy much the walks along the seaside, although we did some. Actually
the best place to watch birds was the restaurant at the seaside, while enjoying
a delicious dinner at the same time.
The Keila river falls on our way to Haapsalu
On Saturday we ended up shopping and eating delicious cakes and tapas.
My Easter cake in Haapsalu
On Sunday the weather was so poor we
skipped the walks totally and went to Ylemiste mall in Tallinn until it was
time to go to ferry. On Sunday I decided to wear as casually I ever could. That
made my spouse comment that I was even too casual – for the first time ever…
We have a
parliamentary election in Finland in April. The week after Easter I decided to
pre-vote at the Post office. This time I had my new id card so there were no
problems with that – except the official had an obvious black out while looking
at my name and my look in the id card.
In front of the post office where I voted
In the same
week I had my web lecture (I’m a lecturer) as the only fixed thing on my day schedule so I decided to do it at home – for the first time ever. I did not want to show
my home look to the students so I did it without the webcam.
A web lecturer
In the end
of April our belly dance group gave a performance for the good mood at the rest
home in Espoo. The leader of the team had asked for the opportunity to do so
and the answer was somewhat hesitating at first: Would the belly dance be
appropriate…..? So I was hesitating as well: If the belly dance was a problem,
would the man dancing as a belly dancer woman be even more so?
Luckily my
team mates convicted me I could dance there. One of them even stated she had
regarded me as a woman when we first met in the dressing room. So we had a plan
that I would pretend to have a hoarse voice to avoid to use my male voice.
The schedule was very fast so I had to get dressed before I drove to the rest home. I thought I got some extra stares while walking along the street to my car.
Ready for
the gig
The ”stage”
was a space organized in the center of the coffee room. It was obviously too
small for our team of five ladies with a choreography with fast tempo. So we had
to limit our trajectories to avoid kicking or hitting the audience, probably
with fatal consequences. We managed to
do it, but because of it we couldn’t show our best.
The reception was thrilled and warm hearted and we were asked where we can be seen next time. My hoarse voice trick seemed to work as well, I think no one reacted in any special way when dealing with me.
Dancing in the coffee room
The whole group of dancers after the show
In the same
day I went to the ball event organized by Mummolaakso lesbian organization to see friends
and get to know new ones.
Me with
Veronica
