sis bakery + deli

we went to sis bakery + deli in helsinki. so cool. finland kind of reminds me of japan. i like the logo or the black/white pattern of sis bakery. i brought back a coffee thermos from the store.

denise grunstein

One of the floors of the Kiasma Museum in Helsinki was devoted to Denise Grunstein. She was born in Finland and moved to Sweden at age six. her photo's were really cool. she had a video that i watched for about 40 minutes. Pieces of hair dropped from above to form a pile on the table and then it would go in reverse. Kiasma might be one of my top museums..

helsinki

kind of got lazy with posting about my vacation. helsinki rocks. i am sad to be leaving in a few days. love the coffee culture, cakes and pastries, and the people..

Tampere: Day Three

i almost got run over taking this photo. i will be picking up some matroyshka dolls when i get to russia to add to my collection.


when in Finland must buy something from the marimekko store.
my lunch from K supermarket
Fire Balls. I am almost done with the whole bag. Adam's reaction to my purchasing chili flavored cheese balls, "Gross!!"

Tampere: Day Two

I can't believe this is only day two. Finland is very relaxing and we crammed a lot of things in the two days so far.Today we visited the Lenin museum. The museum is just a room that used to be an apartment a century ago. This is the exact room that Lenin and Stalin met for the first time. Exciting piece of information for history buffs. I didn't take any pictures inside of the "museum" except for this creepy basket of toys. The sign reads, "you may play with toys." Very scary looking toys.
My mid-morning snack (danish pastry and coffee).
Vegetable stall at the Kauppahalli indoor market. One of Finland's best says the guidebook.
Adam bought apples, oranges and banana's to snack on.

Adam is doing his talk tomorrow in this room. Good luck Adam!
Snacks from the S Market (baguette, beer, proscuito, and brie).
Donut with banana cream filling.
River
Adam

We ordered Reindeer pate as a starter. It was pretty good. It tastes like sausage.

first finnish meal

We had our first dinner at Plevna's. It was a twenty minute walk from our hotel. I think that their specialty is sausages.apple cider for me and plevna's pils for adam
bockwurst with plevna's original curry, tomato, green pepper sauce. it had a warning for being hot. it wasn't.
Adam order the "Tamperelainen." This is a local specialty: genuine Tapola black pudding sausage with lingonberry sauce and mashed potatoes. A recommended dish for visitor's of Tampere.

For dessert we shared the ice cream treat. The description says is it vanilla ice cream with tar-flavored syrup. Not sure what tar is. Taste like wood chips. haha.