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Off the main road we drove a long time in a forest where the trees were not planted in rows and lines. Such a random grown forest made me want to step out of the car and walk into the “finnish” nature. But we were approaching the military zone and had already some other plans for the afternoon.

The airplanes were cool but they were in minority. Various types of cars and other land vehicles dominated the field. Even a few swedish examples! We visited a czech tent which contained camp beds, table, cooking corner, portable telephone, two huge “mobile phones” and – of course – a sort of altar with crucifix, bible and candles.

As we were crossing the lane to get us cones filled with traditional vanilla ice-cream we saw uncle Freddy approaching from the other direction on his black brompton. He’d been driving around for couple of hours already and said he’d come for a full day next year.

There was a giant yellow and black spider next to the tent of zendamateurs.

I was surprised one more time when i found lots finnish war stuff in one of the kraampjes. It was mainly navigation equipment. Long merchandise lane back to the cars was a bit tiresome though. All of them selling similar stuff, real and reproduced (fake) often at similar price to fool the ignorant. We saw one german uniform hanging for sale but the symbol on the sleeve had been temporarily covered with a piece of “jesus-tape” to make it appear less provocative, i guess.

To balance the military dose we drove home via the hippie-camp at the parkkaffee. They had flemish stoverij on the menu and that was our dinner then. Lekker!