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Hämeenlinna, Finland - 28th May 2012

By: emmakko

Today we have had a typical summer day here: it has been raining. My host mum had planned to take me to Aulanko park today, and as we are not made of sugar we decided to go there despite the rain.
Aulanko is a park that is tried to be kept as natural as possible. It means for example that they don't fall any trees there and it's not ok to pick flowers there.
This forest we visited doesn't look like a typical Finnish forest. It was an exciting place and we were sure that if there are trolls or fairies living in Aulanko, they are definitely living here!
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Can you see me?
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Believe it or not, but this place is located less than 2 km away from the centre of the town!

We left the amazing forest and went to the Aulanko tower to see some Hämeenlinna views.
Who said Finland is the land of forests?
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The tower:
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In the tower. This place could also be from a fairy tale!
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I'm the ghost of Aulanko!
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We also had with us the ToyVoyagers that my host mum's sister is hosting right now:
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Last but not least we went to see a bear statue that is located near the tower.
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Mum help! The bear is eating me!!
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The stairs to the bear statue were soooo long. 321 steps, we think!
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* Posted May 28, 2012, 4:25 pm [Quote] Go to the top of the page


 

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