Day 10: Peurunka, pizza and a pleasant discovery!

Ever since we first came to Palvajärvi in 2012, we've always visited Peurunka spa close to Laukaa, about 20 minutes to the north of here. As today turned out again to be rather showery (and when those showers came they were both very heavy as well as thundery) we decided to spend the afternoon indoors enjoying the various pools, jacuzzis and saunas at Peurunka.

Driving along to Peurunka!

Crossing one of many lakes on the way...

Another small lake, with water lilies.

When we came out, we had decided we'd visit a good looking pizza restaurant that has sprung up in the centre of Jyväskylä and so we took a slightly different route back to the town. On the way, we passed an outlet for Arctic Spas by the side of the road and just by chance I spotted they had a barrel sauna on display. Last week, we tried one of these when we were at the savusauna (smoke sauna) and were quite impressed by it. As one of our neighbours works for Arctic Spas close to Dunbar, we decided to have a wee look in. The place was actually closed, but the owner kindly opened up again and showed us inside the barrel sauna, made by a company here in Finland, as well as giving me a leaflet, and we were both extremely impressed by the quality of this wee sauna.

Impressive looking from the outside.

Inside, the stove,and seating for at least 4-6 people.

So, we headed on to have our pizza, quite happy that we had seen this place and with some thoughts about what we might do later when we get home to Scotland.

Great pizzas at Bella Roma!

Back home, it was time to heat the sauna here for some last swims and heating up sessions before coming inside to watch our second James Bond film in two nights being shown here on Finnish TV! Tonight it;s one of the best of all - Goldfinger, with Sean Connery! Keith is definitely enjoying it!