Finland is ugly & do something against it

15.11.2008 - Finland is ugly & do something against it

As the weather here in Southern Finland is still not getting better (except for a few hours every 10th day ...) and it is getting dark earlier every day, you can really understand why Finland has one of the highest suicide rates in the world. Then, I went out and took some photos of my area ... than you really understand why some Fins might not appreciate their life here ... :-).

Nobody on the street, rain, drizzle, fog, clouds, and a bit windy.

A "nice" unintentional pond in the forest ... because of continous rain during the past days.

A nice landscape, isn't it? Like out of the Finland-tourism-brouchure :-(.

An old RTW of Helsinki EMS

That's how they look like.

15.30 ... it starts to get a little dark here.

Okay, that's definitly NOT healthy for your body & mind .... so
a) take a sauna first
b) cook Palatschinken (oh, I'm sorry, pancakes) ... or better --> eat pancakes which are cooked for you :-D.

"Gyöngyi is throughing pancakes through the air"

Fill it with marmelade or Nesquick and enjoy.

And some traditional Korean food ... rice balls with tuna and chili paste.
Jep, a little spicy (at least for Europeans *gg*).

Germany - South Korea - Austria

Turkey - South Korea - Hungary (hungry)

Some French people have a problem with alcohol ... some without alcohol :-D.

A rainy and lazy Sunday

Today ... was a rainy day.
I slept looong and after a breakfast I left my room for the Kampii shopping mall in the center. I met my "German/Austrian group" at Helsinki Central station and together we passed through the shopping mall. That's the only thing you can do when it's raining outside like now.

Some pics of today:

If you'd like to compare prices ... good luck.

Yes, this IS expensive!

A nice bookstore at Kamppi mall. Here you get everything!

That one looks normal-priced.

Yeah, Simpsons, äh, Simpsonit

Shopping mall

Looking downwards to the square in front of Kamppi

5 storeys high

just in front of the mall

some flats right above Kamppi

just opposite of them, you'll get a lot of (fast) food. Kebab, PizzaHut and McDonalds *gg*.

We've found a candy shop (which we haven't looked for at all). Here you get ALL kinds of candies. Seems to be a Haribo store :P.

Going back home on this rainy day.

Today, Uncle Bens cooked for me. He offered me some tasty rice with Oriental Chili Mixed Sauce and a pot of green salat and dressing. He'll cook again for me, I think! :-D.