Saying Hello to Helsinki

 Today is a free day to tool about in Helsinki thanks to a strike at Helsinki airport.

The friendly guy at the front desk has given me a map to follow for a walking tour.

We have a traditional Finnish breakfast of pickled herring presented in 17 different ways accompanied by a fine slice of rye bread.

The Finnish language is related to Hungarian and so is made up of a series of guttural grunting noises.

Our first stop is some sort of Baltic seaside market where we eat a local specialty of teeny weeeny fish served holus bolus with boiled potatoes-quite flavoursome.







We walk past various big and not so old churches and buildings





and eventually end up at the Ooodi public library. This is a kind of communal get together joint, complete with 3D printers, workspaces, game places and even music studios where you can borrow guitars(if you are a localšŸ˜µ)



Quintessential Finnish literature






At this stage we are shagged out and return to our digs for a well earned rest and sleep.

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