When I was over in Stockholm it felt like the middle of summer - it was warm, sunny, and full of tourists. Here in Finland it's a different story and everyone's been acting as if the summer's been over for the last month or two. A favourite saying here after Midsummer is that, "It's all downhill now" - and the winter depression seems to set in.

Unfortunately, over the last month it has been getting colder and colder, and last night for the first time the temperature went sub-zero (I know, I had to take the dog out in it). That, coupled with the fact that you can see the hours of daylight getting shorter every day means that winter does seem to have announced itself.