Freezing in Finland

I'm off on my travels again. This time it's to Finland for a meeting on Saturday. I'm picked up by Jouko & Mallu Saarinen, and taken to their place about 40 minutes from Tampere. They have a really good home, that doubles (or triples) as a meeting place and bed/breakfast hotel. They prepared a nice snack and a smoke sauna. It is not smoky, but still has a lovely smoky smell that reminds me of a log fire. It was freezing outside and hot inside. Of course the high point was a walk (in swimming trunks and thick socks only) through the snow to the frozen lake!! After breaking the ice Jouko and Mallu went in, and shouted a bit....I splashed the water over me and rubbed the snow over me. You can see from the picture I was nearly immersed, well maybe slightly. What an experience - next time I'll take the plunge. I slept very well in a Wellness Room and woke up the following day VERY refreshed. Thank you both for a lovely evening.