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Strandhagenissa aiemminkin käynyt  Elli yöpyi viime yönä täällä perheensä kanssa.  Elli sopeutuu niin hyvin tänne että  Fjalar- kissa ei edes tainnut huomata että oli vieras koira paikalla kun katsoi lasioven toiselta puolelta Elliä. Huomioi miten hyvin luonnonvalkoinen turkki ja vaaleanpunaiset korvat sointuvat  Strandhagenin sisustukseen , ehkä Elli senkin takia tuntee itsensä kotoisaksi täällä   🙂…

On the island Sarfsalö they have a big gathering every Midsummer at the summer marketplace where they rise a maypole. As the weather was nice we could go there by boat as usual. It takes about 10 minutes by boat and 40 minutes by car, easy decision. On Midsummer evening we were speaking finnish, english…

Raparperitaivas missä se lie ilmalaiva meidät perille vie ja se taivas on sun ja mun piilopaikka yhteinen                                                               Leevi And The Leevings Raparperi onkin taivaallinen…

Today we received this wonderful photocollage from Bettina in Switzerland who stayed at Strandhagen B&B last week. It is photos from Strandhagen, Old Town of Porvoo and from Pellinge archipelago that we visited togehter. Thank you Bettina for the card and the nice time we shared. Keep on photographing!

When baking “knäckebröd” at Strandhagen it always has the shape of our pets, dachshund and cat. The delicious jam of apples and fresh ginger is very good and and easy to make. You´ll find the recepie here:  http://foodinjars.com/2010/01/apple-ginger-jam/ Chocolate-chip cookies with a taste of chili 200 gram butter, 4 dl brown  sugar ( sv. farin socker), 1…

We have 24 polite and charming neighbours.  

I have lost the list where I had written down all the different nationalities our guests during the years have had.After only a few weeks I can write down on my new list for the season:Italian, French, Swiss, Chinese, Russian and  Finnish.

This summer it will be 10 years since Strandhagen B&B opened the doors for the first guests. This is hard to believe, but time flies when having fun. We have had so many nice and interesting guests here during the years, and still enjoy meeting new ones and old guests that have become our friends….