05062019

It's HOT!
It's over 6 pm and it's still 30°C. We have Poniente winds that come from inland and even if it's really windy, the wind is hot. So sand and trash are in the hot air. But sea was cool Only 20°C. It was hard to take a swim in it. But tomorrow the water should be 2 degrees warmer.

I made two tops today. One for Jennifer (with butterflies) and one for me.

I forgot to drink today and I've been been feeling really tired. I'm trying to catch up with the drinking right now.

I visited Jennifer and David today. Took the plates back that we got the apple pies in and took the top to Jen. I know she was at Pilates and wasn't sure what time she was coming back. So I ended up spending  time with David watching the D Day75 memorials on tv. It was nice to talk with David alone. We talked about the war and how it affected us living in different countries and being of different generation. We didn't go that deep, but just to share some thoughts and events. Mainly because Finland wasn't part of D Day. We had our own battles with Soviet Union who tried to make us all speak Russian. So I dug up this bit and Google translated it to help understand:

"Finland's war compensation was war compensation that Finland had to pay to the Soviet Union after the Second World War.  In accordance with the Interim Peace Treaty of December 1944, Finland had to pay the Soviet Union six years of war compensation for the $ 300 million war salary.  Andrei Ždanov, Chairman of the Commission of Supervisors and J.Kas Paasikivi, Prime Minister, signed the War Compensation Agreement at the Government Banquet Hall in Smolka, Helsinki.  The payment period was extended to eight years at the end of 1945, and in the summer of 1948 the nominal value of the compensation was reduced to 226.5 million gold dollars.  The last war replacement passed the Vainikkala border station on September 18, 1952. Finland was the only country in the world to carry out war compensation.  The war compensation system was based on deliveries, not cash payments.  The exception was the transfer of merchant vessels, which had an impact on the reduction of the national capital stock."

I just appreciate when we talk with each others and learn more. We see that even if we didn't have the same experience or we weren't at the same side of things, it's all behind us, we all had some joining experiences and we can move forward with a common idea of us together in Europe. People so often think that only they suffered or they weren't treated fairly or... We all have those experiences and it's important to remember and to move forward with respect for all mankind.