Classical touristical photo I could sell as a postcard :)
After two years and many changes, I visited Helsinki again. The decision for the trip came with one opportunity at my university, and it was done very fast. Since I have been living in Finland, for some reasons I have never found time to see the capital; until Friday the 4th of April. The last time I saw the city was at the end of August 2006, just before I caught the train for Turku. However, yesterday, I got back to Helsinki.
The day was so sunny and so warm. It seemed just perfect; more than perfect if considering slowly melting snow in JKL. Spring reaches Helsinki sooner. Thus, I spent the whole day walking around the centre. I recalled my summer school, the people and our ways we had in Helsinki. Since my last stay, the city has not changed much. I remembered everything well, all the streets and important locations I wanted to see again.
I just enjoyed lively capital with rhythm so different than my home JKL, broad streets, people rushing here and there. I know still how one can get fed up with this city-feeling. When living in Helsinki for a month, I could not stand the city at one point anymore, and therefore I was escaping from it to Suomenlinna. For me, Helsinki is the city one starts to miss after some time; but too much of it affects the one like all other drugs. Still, as a day trip, the difference between calm provincial town and rushy capital felt pleasant.
My mood has been changing a lot during last months. Periods of low spirits can strike me at any time, and I am feeling constant unease as I don't know how long my better mood would last. Yesterday was one of those days I really felt I have to enjoy my fine temper. So, I was just walking in that early spring, enjoying my first outdoor ice-cream this year. It was the very same place I bought the ice-cream from, and the very same kaneli-omena jäätelö, cinnamon-apple ice-cream, I got to know during that summer in Helsinki; partly inspired with particular ice-cream, Cinnamon book has been given its name. Back then I also wrote kaneli-omena is how Helsinki taste for me. Finally, I can conclude the city still taste good.
Helsingin Yliopisto - The University of Helsinki
Esplanaati and greenish grass
Aleksis Kivi and National Theatre
Spring
6 comments:
Jej, Helsinki. Res lepe slike.
Manjka samo se kaksna, na kateri si tudi ti.
Hvala. :) Meni je ful všeč tista turistična. :D Pa narcise... Ah ja, sonce in svetloba.
Fotke z mano so pa na drugi medmrežni lokaciji. ;)
Meni je pa vsec ta pristaniska, pa SIlja Line trajekt zraven, ki je vecji od otocka, mimo katerega pluje :D
Trajekta sta bila sicer parkirana. ;) Ja, morje je bilo tudi lepo v petek...
Se lahko nadejamo še kakšnih potopisov? ;) "Nekje" sem brala, da si se spet potepala! :)
Poročilo pravkar napisano. ;)
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