Finland

[ Aug.2015 ] We spent one weekend in Helsinki in Finland. This was my first visit there, although I have been to Lapland in the far north of Finland. I was not very much interested…

[April, 2006]In Tampere in Finland, there is the Moomin museum. I wonder if you can remember the animation with the song ‘ Hey Moomin, turn around…’ . The original story was written by a Finish…

[April, 2006] This is the last photo of my Finish holiday in 2006. I just remembered that at the airport in Tampere, because we were using the cheap flight which was so strict about the…

[April, 2006] We came back to Tampere where we started this journey. There are a lot of chimneys there and very severe sort of image there. But on the other hand, there were also many…

[April, 2006] After wearing the boots made of reindeer fur, we went out to ride the reindeer sled. This couple were our hosts and she looked much older than him.

  [April, 2006] Visiting Sami people’s house through travel agent was one of the highlights of our trip to Finland 2006. They showed us their colourful costumes and then let us wear their reindeer fur…

[April, 2006] I do not know why, but northern European houses are all wooden. The hotel we stayed in Inari, the town in the Arctic Circle in Finland was a sort of B&B and the…

[April, 2006] We bought a plastic sheet and sat on it and slide down on the Inari lake. It was so simple, but a great fun and we could not stop it.

[April, 2006] The temperature in Inari was not as cold as we expected. It was around zero degree. The lake was totally frozen, though. We had a picnic on the ice there.