Day 2 Helsinki

Day two in Helsinki was actuall half a day as I had to fly back home late in the afternoon. So after having had a nice breakfast, packing my back and checking out of the hostel (leaving my bags) I was ready for another looooong walk. Today I had less of a plan but wanted to see the Sibelius monument. I didn't really wanne go there because the monument was so special or anything or that I am such a huge fan of his music, but I thought the walk itself to get there would be nice. Indeed it was a very nice walk, and long as I of course took a wrong turn :D After crossing many resident areas and local shopping streets (btw who knows what those tubes from the ground are?? I see them everywhere but have no idea what purpose they have) I finally reached the coast, there I took a nice long walk along the water, a beach, park, etc before I got to the monument.


After having seen that I was doubting to continue walking to the open air museum as it was supposed to be authentic Finnish, just a small settlement on a small island that was frozen in time....however I also wanted to do some shopping for souvenirs so I choose for the second one.
I walked back all the way along the coastline, passing a HUGE cemetery. The cemetery was on a peninsula and cosisted an orthodox, muslim, christian, war etc. cemetery. You had great views over the cold windy sea, and the city on the other side. Although it was very cold and windy it was a beautiful walk. After a short stop in the library again to get heated again and use the internet it was time for a short stop at MacDonalds as I didn't want to loose more time. I crossed the centre in all directions again and then got back to my hostel. After a short tram and busride I was back again on the airport ready to fly back home. After spending 30min at home it was time for me to head to a graduation party of my ex-roommate with a nice Finnish design present for her freshly flewn in from Helsinki :D

So that was a perfect end to a great trip to Finland. Next time I will be sure to come back in summer to see it all green and more warm, as I believe that it must look extremely nice in summer with aaaaaaaaaaalll the parks they have overthere.

Jody