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Good morning and Happy Mother’s Day (well day after Mother’s Day). I thought everyone might like to see what a Finnish Mother’s Day is like, at least for the Koivula family. We started the day at the cemetery around 11:30 where Matti’s parents planted flowers on Matti’s grandmother’s grave (his dad’s mom). There were a ton of people at the cemetery doing the same thing. We then went to Matti’s other grandmother’s house (mom’s mom) where we met with his mom’s siblings and kids and had coffee and cake with his grandmother. Matti’s mom is from a town about 8 miles outside of Rovaniemi so it is always nice to see a new corner of Finland.
After the visits we headed for an early dinner at the Sky Hotel, Ounasvaara. Below are some pictures of the meal:
On the left is sesame salmon. Matti and his parents chose this one and said it was great. There was one with white sesames the other with black sesames (he had already eaten the one with white sesames but you get the idea. Second from the left is asparagus soup with a chunk of shredded beef packed into the middle. I thought this was very good. The meat with the asparagus soup was strange (because I had never had anything like it but it was surprisingly good). One interesting comment to add is that Matti informed that Rovaniemi just got fresh asparagus for the first time this season about a month ago (very short asparagus season here). Every time I have come I have asked about it and it has never been here so I might have to try cooking it now just to see if there is a difference between Finland asparagus and asparagus from the U.S.
