Blogs from Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland, Europe - page 10

So I have stopped blogging but I guess I am being given a sign that I am supposed to keep writing because today my teacher assigned us to make a blog and post a video to it. So I decided to post a video of Tallinn, since it is where I planning to celebrate my 21rst birthday.... read more

September 25th Woke up late again as I didn’t get to sleep till 4am. I hadn’t yet iced the knee so I was hearting a little but I wanted to go to the design museum so off I went. Passing the market I grabbed a plate of ‘reindeer surprise’ the reindeer was like eating a hockey puck but the sausage and meatball wasn’t too bad, along with the hollandaise like sauce and the potatoes and onions I was happy. I then continued to walk towards the big park (name?) decided to go through a posh residential neighborhood, where a 2000 foot condo can put you back 1.2millon euro. Old fixed up building after another, the area is beautiful and the shops reflect it $$$$$. By the time I had arrived at the park my old swelling ... read more

After not going to bed until 3:30am and being woken up at 8 by people leaving I wasn’t happy. I turned over and snoozed until my alarm went at 9:30am ok ok time to get up. After slugging out of bed it was off the market for a fresh fruit breakfast then off to the hop on hop off tour to see a little of what I had missed yesterday when the rain was coming down. I had planned to hop off at the furthest point and take pictures on my way back but I got tired of the traffic and the accent of the women narrating cus, ones is enough. It was also a bright sunny day so what the heck. I got off at the third stop and walked towards Temppeliaukio (the church in ... read more

Today I sat waiting to set up a bank account surrounded by other people. The bank teller came over to say a couple things and I felt like the least intelligent person in the room. I did not understand one word that came out of her mouth. I think I am going to start studying an hour of Finnish every night or I will just continue to look like the confused/lost tourist. The last thing I want to be like are the immigrants in Canada that refuse to adapt to our culture. You know the ones where you dial to order a pizza from, and it goes something like this: "Hi I would like to order a large pizza." "ya ya." "Can I get a pepperoni pizza?" "So you want a hawaiin pizza with pop." "No ... read more

Day 17, Sunday Monday and Tuesday, 7th –9th August, 2011 Helsinki Let’s go shopping!!! A girly afternoon of exploring the centre of Helsinki with another cousin Mia. Lots of other tourists were on the same quest, I heard lots of English, and other languages being spoken around me. We walked past the beautiful Art Deco frontage of the railway station, the entrance flanked by two statue figures with chiselled Nordic features. We wondered along the cobble-stoned (Luckily I didn’t wear high heels for walking in town- I would have done myself an injury) footpaths to Mannerheim street and Alexander street to look in at the many boutiques; lots of little shops featuring handcrafts by various Finnish artists and artisans, inventive and beautiful. We stopped in at Globe Hope, a business which creates goods from recycled materials, ... read more