By going back last week, I am going to memo some unexpected things happened in Finland. First of all, I have to mention unexpected souvenire I got. I got it from a Finnish acquaintance. And the souvenire was... an booklet in CHINESE. Was h…

I bought some souveniors. One is a instant soup powder. There was some choice like salmon, mushroom and vegis. I bought mushrooms and berries. I already tasted mushroom one, it was creamy and OK for me. I like a bit more salty though I can…

In tried to do some educational or cultural tour on the last day. So I visited natural history museum in the afternoon. There was a big statue of moose in front of the building. The museum was really worth visiting. You can spend half a da…

I visited comtemporary art museum called KIASMA. It stands very near to station. As always, There were some exbisions that I could hardly understand the message. Thoush some of them were very interesting and enjoyable.

There are some churches in Helsinki. This Temppeliaukion kirkko is famous for outstanding architecture. It is constructed by hollow natural rock. so amazing!! There was a concert on the day. we could listen pipe organ sound.

In the middle of Helsinki city, there is a hotel TORNI. And top of it, there is a cafe bar you can enjoy 360°view of the city.

ARABIA Factory may be one of the most popular place to visit now a days at least between Japanese young people visiting Scandinavian countries. ARABIA is a Finish company has long history in pottery. World famous bland "ittala" is created …

Weather was fine, sunny day. Though it was only about 10 dgrees in day time. Autumn in Helsinki is much colder than that of London or Japan. I walked around the city and could see most of famouse building. In fact, it was a very small city…