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Helsinki

Helsinki is such a beautiful city. I have walked around the city for a couple of days. I ate baked goods with coffee, walked around "Tori", the old-fashioned market area with pretty shops and buildings and had a good ol' sauna as instructed by Maillis. I rode on the skywheel, a ferris wheel down at the water. It's beside a swimming pool--an outdoor one, filled with people having a swim. 3 degrees. I would have joined them if I had had my bathing suit with me!



On Sunday morning, I attended the Temppeliaukion Church nicknamed the"Rock Church" because it is inside excavated rock. It has a beautiful round ceiling with windows all around the periphery. I saw birds land on the rocks outside the windows while I was there. I originally had hoped to attend a concert while in Helsinki to hear the acoustics, and since there were none, I opted to attend a church service, hearing the choir, soloist, piano and organ. The acoustics, as expected, were amazing. Plus it's so beautiful in there.
https://www.myhelsinki.fi/en/see-and-do/sights/temppeliaukio-rock-church

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  1. Unknown13 February 2020 at 05:36

    I'm glad you went to that church. Its beautiful. Mom sang in that church on one of her choir trips. Sounds like you're having a great time.

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  2. The Adventures of Lynne13 February 2020 at 06:59

    Who are you please? Which Mom?

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