Travelog for: Lemmy

Well well, it has been a busy Thursday for me! I visited Helsinki again with my host. Here are some street views and buildings close to the city center. They even have Wall Street! No, wait, it was a hair salon...

Here's one beautiful church: St. John's Church. It was built in 1893 in Neogothic style by the Swedish architect A. E. Molander. It is the biggest church in Helsinki and has excellent acoustics, making it a popular place for concerts of large choral works in particular. My host likes it because it's her favorite color red 

I got to visit a Mickey Mouse exhibition while in Helsinki! It was held in Päivälehti museum which shows the history of journalism and printing techniques. The temporary exhibition Mickey Mouse on the Case shows Mickey throughout the times. In Finland Donald Duck is a bigger name. My host's favorite character is "Taikaviitta" which is probably translated as Duck Avenger. He is Donald Duck's alter ego 

We even got to make Wanted-posters of us! In the last pic I'm posing with mine. I got to choose my own reward! The bigger reward came from "forging the sleeping pillow of Gladstone Gander". My nicknames are Sandglas-Toyvoyager and Spotless Traveller 

This update is for the statues I saw. The first one is of Z. Topelius a writer and author. Next is poet Eino Leino. Third is a statue for the people of Finland. Before the last is Havis Amanda. Last is emperor Alexander II, former ruler of not-yet-independent Finland.

Here I am at the harbour with its Market Square. The biggest boats further away sail to Stockholm (Sweden) and Tallinn (Estonia) several times a day. Third from the bottom is the Presidential Castle (the yellow big building). Last photo shows the Uspensky Orthodox Cathedral.

This is me getting closer and closer the Cathedral. It's probably the most well-known sight in Helsinki. I clombed the 47 stairs up and even got to peek indoors. It looked very small inside, compared to the outside!

We ran into this temporary fun fair when we walked to the busstation to get back home. We didn't get to try any of the rides or games It seemed too early for fun&games as the place was empty, only people walking thru there.

When we arrived back to Porvoo we took a look at the market fair. It was spread to the market place and several streets with lots of stuff to buy. They come twice a year for two days. My host bought just some postcards. She wanted a lot but she said luckily it wasn't her pay day 

I spent the evening playing Moomin Memory with Roo and Alfie. It was fun, although I didn't win... But I came in second! Moomin is such a famous set of characters here in Finland that I thought I should learn the names of the characters. There's Muumipappa (Moominpappa) with the big black hat, Muumimamma (moominmamma) with the apron, Muumipeikko (Moomin) wearing ahem nothing, Niiskuneiti (Snorkmaiden) with hair and wearing a golden ankle ring, Pikku Myy (Little My) wearing red and red hair, Nuuskamuikkunen (Snufkin) wearing green and smoking pipe (tsk tsk), Haisuli (Stinky) the black furry meanie, Vilijonkka (Fillyjonk) the tall mother of 3 dressed-alike kids wearing red, Nipsu (Sniff) the brown kangaroo-rat-like creature... More of the characters in here!

I'am home ,i'am safe and well.It was great to meet you all.I told Magicwoman all about my travells
Bye bye
Lemmy