Karelia is truly a land of contrast and it is especially true about our weather. Winter in Karelia usually lasts for about 5 months with periods of extreme cold, when you can’t even stand still for ten seconds outside without your bones freezing. So when you experience that every year you would think that the rest of the year is much colder than in the South. Well, tough luck, for a couple of months in summer the weather can be really hot and it is only exacerbated by 100% humidity, which is usually the case in Karelia. So, now it is June and it is literally impossible to stay inside ...