One beautiful, warm, sunny morning Saara and I met in Market Square for breakfast. I’ve been wanting to do it for years, but I tend to travel to Finland during the cold season so haven’t done it in years. This is also the best place to get unique souvenirs and handicrafts, fresh fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, […]
Finland
HELSINKI LOVE
Riding Jopos around town. Mine pink, his green. Early evening coffee stop at Cafe Strindberg’s terrace. Very pretty soy mocha for me. Every time I’m here I have to take photo sitting on the seal protecting the nude lady in the middle named Havis Amanda. I have one from when I was about 5 years […]
Finnish Independence Day Reception in NYC
This was the first year I got invited to the Finnish Consulate’s Independence Day reception. It was short and sweet (my favorites were the cocktail bite sized Karelian pies), the view was great and we made some new friends along the way. Finland’s Independence Day is held on December 6th to celebrate Finland’s declaration of […]
VISIT TO THE COUNTRYSIDE FARM STORE
Sunny Sunday gave the perfect reason to get out and seek some (even more) peaceful places and views. We ended up driving about 19 miles south west, through the fields and farms, to get to this cute little farm store and cafe called Maatilapuoti (Farm Store). They grow their own wheat, barley, rye and oat […]
FINLAND, FINLAND, THE COUNTRY WHERE I WANT TO BE…
Yes! I’m in Finland! I came here for vacation for three weeks and it feels great to spend long enough time here for once. My trips are normally barely one week long and that just doesn’t leave enough time to relax, take it easy and do everything I want to do and meet everyone I […]