Finlandia to celebrate Finland's 97th Independence Day on 6 December, 2014.
In Finland, one of the most important Independence Day traditions is the President's reception. Every year he invites there about 2000 people - not only politicians or diplomats but celebrities (ice hockey players, poets, musicians...) and ordinary people from all over Finland, too, whom he has met during the past year. Those not invited can watch the reception on TV - yes, watching the President and his wife shaking hands for a couple of hours, and then finally dancing in the crowded hall in the presidential palace.
As an expat Finn, I did watch the whole spectacle. While enjoying my Independence day cake and trying to spot celebrities.
Only in the after-party sang one of my favourite Finnish artists Jarkko Ahola this beautiful Finlandia Hymn in Finnish. Beautiful.
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My Independence Day cake was another Ombre Cake. No blueberries in this one either. I filled it with mashed cranberries and caramel sauce - a wonderful sour and sweet combination.
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