Day 299.

Today -- the New Valamo Monastery. Amazinly pretty, peaceful, friendly, interesting place -- even for a non-believer like me. We had a guided tour, had lovely lunch, walked about, talked with a novice monk, and bought candy for DD.

DD had her choir performace at Karjalan Messut today. According to DD, they sang ok, the teacher was happy, and they got good feedback from a panel. Afterwards, they got lunch and a free ticket, so DD hoarded as much freebies as possible. See below, the hoard minus a handful or so of candy :)