All those lovely well known places and faces

Goodbye to our hosts in Savonlinna (Pipsa was ill, suffering from a bad cold), and on to breakfast in a small, but crowded bakery nearby. Coffee and the best pullas I ever had!
Driving further south brought us to well known places Lahti and Helsinki. So nice to sit at Lahti harbour again, enjoying fabulously cheap and delicious food at the Kanttiini, and then on to Espoo and Helsinki to get the keys from Pulina and Sussin. Two sets of keys, this time, cos Lari aka Duck85 had offered to host me if I would winniesit in his flat (lots of pics on his site). His Winnie the Pooh is shy and feels lonely when he's traveling, so I promised to give her a hug from to time to time. Which is easier than watering carniverous plants - Maikel's task in Kliment's flat.
In the evening we met lots of our favourite finnish friends again at the market square and went to Suomenlinna by ferry. World heritage, remember? Elsis had arranged this picknick, and almost 15 HC-members had joined.
Lina aka Little Star whom I had met and laughed with at the Helsinki meeting in May had come from Lake Baikal on her way to Barcelona, and though her flight left at 6 am, she managed to stay with us until 1 am! And she hadn't even done any packing yet...
Sami (BBWolf) was there, late again, as always ;-), and offering to host me with lots of coffee, as always! Dear Sami - we seem to know each other since ages, not just over two months like we do.
Temmi aka Temmihoo had come as well, a bit sad that we couldn't do the biking trip he had arranged for us, but bringing coffee, real coffee for the picknick! And I promised to build lego space ships with him in Espoo one of these days.
More friends I had met before, but not talked to yet. Teemu and his russian girlfriend live just round the corner from my place in Helsinki. We'll meet for breakfast or lunch or whatever one of these days.
Elsis - great as ever, more relaxed and less tired than when we had met before, and always ready to guide us to new places with great fun and cheap beer. Btw, the sunblock I had given her in Berlin had been safely returned back to me in Joensuu by Resfeber. Things and people don't get lost in HC!
Pulina - lots of chatting with Pulina. She was happy to be going to Riga for the weekend, with Sami and Anni, a collegue of hers, who joined HC a few days ago. More space in the car, why not join them? Hmmm....
I am invited to Riga, anyways, to stay and water the flowers whilst Antra is in Norway. Hmmm...
Yup! I'll go! :-)