…and, you’ll be happy to hear, my last opportunity to use these atrocious Finland puns.
Posts Tagged ‘Helsinki’
The Big Finnish
Posted: November 28, 2014 in PhotographyTags: fabrics, fashion, Finland, food, hair, Helsinki, Herring Market, KLM, Marimekko, photography, sewing, ships, style, Suomi, travel, travel photography
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Fishwives & Connoisseurs
Posted: November 27, 2014 in Art, PhotographyTags: Amos Anderson, art, Ateneum, Europe, Finland, gay, Helsinki, Kolmen sepän patsas, Moomin, photography, sculpture, Silent Hill, Suomi, taidemuseo, Three Smiths, Tom of Finland, Tommi Toija, Tove Jansson, travel, travel photography, Van Gogh, Vincent Van Gogh
Vanished into Finnair
Posted: November 26, 2014 in PhotographyTags: Alko, architecture, Church of the Rock, Europe, Finland, Finnish Museum of Natural History, Helsinki, Herring Market, Luonnontieteellinen keskusmuseo, Market Square, National Museum of Finland, photography, Rock Church, Skywheel, Suomen kansallismuseo, Suomi, Temppeliaukion kirkko, travel, travel photography
Happily for us, Anu and Paul postponed their honeymoon somewhat so that we could spend the following week with them in Helsinki.
Senate Square
Posted: November 23, 2014 in PhotographyTags: architecture, Finland, food, Helsinki, landmarks, photography, restaurants, Suomi, travel, travel photography
On our first full day in Helsinki, we finally made it farther than a one-block radius of the hotel and headed into the city centre. It wasn’t long before we ran into another familiar face.
HELping Hand
Posted: November 15, 2014 in PhotographyTags: architecture, autumn, Björkboda, fall, Finland, food, Helsinki, nature, photography, Ravintola Kuu, restaurants, Storfinnhova Gård, Suomi, travel, travel photography
Nice Guys Finnish Last
Posted: November 10, 2014 in PhotographyTags: Finland, Helsinki, horror stories, KLM, photography, travel, Turku
After the unmitigated disaster of the previous month, John and I were more than ready for a change of scenery. Thankfully for us, our friend’s wedding was fast approaching, and so we charted a course for mainland Europe and a reunion ten years overdue. On Friday the 3rd of October, we set out for Finland. 72 hours later, we were finally reunited with our luggage. Here is the infinitely more disastrous story of how that came to pass.
