Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Wednesday World Travel - Helsinki, Finland

Welcome to Wednesday World Travel. Hey, Wednesday's are hard, so why not take a mini-break to someplace fabulous? Today we're headed to Helsinki, the capital city of beautiful Finland.

image from Wikipedia

Let's start the day at Soumenlinna, a very cool sea fortress. After exploring around, lunch will sound good. Luckily, a picnic is at hand.



image from Flickr member Suviko

Smoked salmon on rye bread, with a dash of strong mustard spread, too. Maybe someone will be selling some licorice ice cream nearby as an extra treat.


image from WikiTravel

A short ferry back to the city to visit the Sibelius Monument, built to honor the composer Jean Sibelius.




A quick stop in to see the famous architecture of the Academic Bookshop.


image from Iittala Group


Then I'll squeeze in some quick shopping at an Iittala Store to pick up some new pieces of Ultima Thule.


image from Sea Horse


I'll have dinner at the Seahorse, a famous local restaurant. The interior is pretty swanky, so I'll get dressed up in this before dining on their Lapland Menu: wild mushroom soup, filet of reindeer, and warm breadcheese with cloudberry melba.



scarf, dress, tank, earrings from Forever21, bag from Piperlime, jacket from oli. I can't remember about the boots and bracelet, sorry!


The interior is pretty swanky, so I'll get dressed up in this before dining on their Lapland Menu: wild mushroom soup, filet of reindeer, and warm breadcheese with cloudberry melba.


Hope this little trip brightened your Wednesday!

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