Today arrived the ice-cream! And the same friendly old driver with Valio lorry, had begun his route at mid-night and before 9 a.m. he was at Rumar Mountain by the small summer-café that we have rented again for next summer.
Our Grand Opening of the ice-cream season will be on next Saturday, on 26th April, when we shall - as the only village from our whole municipality of Parainen - take part in Village Happening "Open Villages" - Avoimet kylät! Hopefully next year more village will join!
From 10 am to 6 pm you can climb to the Rumar Tower, have a cup of coffee by the cliff and perhaps see a sea-eagle. And we'll be there to tell you how it is to live in the most beautiful archipelago of the world.
Tomorrow I'll fetch some sweets to sell from Kaarina, where is one of the newest and smallest sweet factories in Finland, Karkkimaailma, The Candy World... http://www.karkkimaailma.fi/ - it has sympathetic products and I like the idea of local and small against the big brands. All the lemonades we sell will come from Laitilan Wirvoitusjuomatehdas, http://laitilan.com/, another local and interesting firm producing with wind power!
We are so new at the business that choosing products - ice-cream catalogue... - is fun, trying to make the place look like a one we would ourselves love on a summer-trip - local, personal, organic... I hope this thrilling feeling will stay and it will be a good season for us - I'm sure, another exciting summer anyway!
http://www.onnikutsuukylaan.fi/uutiset/varsinais-suomi - ps. Honour and Glory in a competition: http://www.onnikutsuukylaan.fi/uutiset/satakunta/avoimet-kylat-paivalle-kunniaa-kuntamarkkinoinnin-sm-kisassa