I spent the day today walking the streets of Helsinki. It is a nice small, big city it that makes sense. They have a great market square with lots of local hand crafts. I found a new job for Homer; making antler beer bottle openers and spatulas. There is a lot of fur here but not as cheap as Russia.
I met a really cool Aussie couple today, as I tend to do, but this pair were in their eighties. We shared a park bench and by the end of the conversation they were inviting me to their house in Brisbane if I ever go back. Like most Aussies. What was so neat about them was how worldly they were. In 1954 they bought a car in London and drove to Calcutta. Can you imagine? They said they felt like movie stars in some villages because they had never seen foreigners before. They were really neat to chat with. They have a son living in Sweden and they had taken a return boat cruise from Stockholm to Helsinki.
There was free jazz in the park today and the band was great. Oh yes and it was only 22 degrees C today, only the second day in a month that it has been less than 36 degrees C.
Check out the photos of Helsinki at the following link;
Helsinki Finland Pictures
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