Travelog for: Tiger Lilly

Hello again, mom! 

Today I´ll show you pics from a trip we made in Turku region.
Henna went there to listen some very boring lecture in a museum, and meanwhile we were investigating around. 



On our way there in Hennas friends car,
it was raining and shining at the same time, and there was
a rainbow arching over the sky. 



We escorted Henna to her lecture and stayed
inside a minute and half, but it sounded so horrible we came out to avoid a braindamage. 

Then we walked trough the beautiful village landscape.



This is the old mainbuilding of a farm called Kurala.
It is now turned into a home museum. 



There was a swing on the yard, and we
were swinging quie a lot! 



There was also an old warehouse full of interesting stuff! 



Like this old loom.
It would be wonderful to try making carpets and even fabric
with a loom some day. 



Then we popped inside the main building.
This is the kitchen.
Do you see the bread hanging up on the ceiling? 
That is the way the bread was kept in Western Finland.
They only baked bread maybe four times a year and then let it dry on the ceiling.
Of course it was stone hard when eaten!



This is where they ate.
Looks cosy, doesn´t it? 



This is the hall.
Of course this house was a rather wealthy one..
Do you see the swinging chair? 



Could I have one, mom? 



I wonder if all these carpets are made
with that loom we saw.
I would like to live in a house like this, but I don´t know about the other things
they have to do in a farm.



This is the Aurajoki river, and we followed it to the city of Turku. 



We met the Russian czar Alexander I and the Swedish king Carl XIV negotiating on the rivershore and joined them.
I don´t know how our suggestions might have effected the outcome. 



We walked past the nice old library house. 



There was huge birdies swimming in the river. 



We walked to see the Turku cathedral, which originates from the medieval times. 



And the found the same church in toyvoyager size! 






This is Mikael Agricola, who translated the Bible into finnish language.
I helped him!  (Do not wonder if there´s some naughty words in the finnish bible nowadays!)



Then we climbed to see the Samppalinna windmill.



And then we run back to the Kurala museum, before Henna would notice we were gone! 

See you soon, mom!
Your Tiger Lilly 

Hello again, beloved mother! 

This is my last update from Finland, because it was already time for me
to go on with my globetrotting, and to say goodbye to my friends here.



Hennas mom was serving us berry pies to
say goodbye to me.
She is a very nice woman! 



We ate like crazies!
The pies had black currant, raspberries and gooseberries inside and they were extremely good. 



Then we went still for one walking trip in nature. 



These mushrooms are really cute as candies! 
But of course they are poisonous..



We spent nice afternoon on the shore of a beautiful bay. 



In the evening we sat round fire on the yard of the little red cottage, and talked this and that,
and watched the stars appear onto the sky. 



Next day we went all together into the post office.
I was having a big hug with everyone, and they wished me a safe and fast trip to Ukraine. 



Goodbye, goodbye, dear friends!

Next time I´ll update from Ukraine! 
A big hug to you too, mom!
Your Tiger Lilly! 

Hi mommy!^_^
I miss you, you know that?
But i think Odessa is a beautiful city! Yesterday we went for a walk at night