Enjoying the beach during winter

Since it's so cold, a pretty thick layer of ice forms over bodies of water. I've first seen some people walking on ice by the highway a few weeks back and I've been wanting to do the same ever since. 

So today my room-mates and I went trekking at the local beach and we made it pretty far out. At first, there wasn't much to see, the beach was mostly full of people skiing and having a good time. What did look really fun, though, were people used parachute-like things to pull them along the snow on skis. 

Anyway, so we headed towards the islands. By this time, the wind had really picked up but we saw a curious looking white building sitting on a rock in the distance so we forged on. Getting closer, I saw that it was something that looked like a Masonic temple. I didn't think anyone would be in it around this time, but the place actually seemed abandoned because a large iron bar was fixed across its doors.

I'd like to think that it's actually a Masonic temple that only looks abandoned. In reality, there is a secret passage-way to enter the building. It's being used by a secret society of Swedish knights (Swedish because Espoo used to be a part of Finland mostly inhabited by Swedish settlers that easily assimilated native Finns) that convene there every time the moon is full. (The moon was actually very nearly full last night, so I probably nearly crashed their gathering!)

 

But yeah, it got too cold so we walked back to the shore and we passed by a gaping hole in the ice on the way. Seems like someone was ice-fishing!