And that's exactly what we've been doing these past few weeks in Finland.Exploring the sights and sounds of Helsinki and getting a real bite of this gorgeous city.
We took in an ice hockey game during the World Ice Hockey Championship!A first time for all of us, we were completely swept away by the speed of the game, the intensity of the fans and the fair-like atmosphere around us.Not surprisingly,the kids were particularly thrilled with the cheerleaders who kept breaking into a vigorous dance every 2 minutes. Do we look at the game or at them?
Another rainy Saturday afternoon we headed down to Linnanmaki, the most popular amusement park around Helsinki. It was well, like any other amusement park except for a couple of extremely creative activities(cant call that particular one a ride!) like Vekkula. Complete with a series of mind boggling trails and ending with a crazy slide that you come down in a carpet through a chute, it was quite an experience!
We all had our fill of thrills and it sure was fun racing from one ride to another!
The National History Museum beckoned us. Just a hop and skip from where we live, we spent an educative 2 hours learning more about our world.
There's a ton of stuff to do over the weekends here! And that includes lazing in the parks over breakfast or walking through the Market Square where juicy just-picked berries are sold at a song!Saturdays and Sundays usually flew past us in Singapore. Juggling birthday parties, picnics, dinners and dance and tennis classes- it was a whirlwind of activities. No complaints as we completely relished it then. But this is nice too. 2 days stretch ahead of us and we can do anything we please with them! Just the way weekends are supposed to be!
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