Helsinki 2009 new years
So I went to visit my favorite finns, Ville and Riikka.
What followed was 6 days of chillaxing, drinking, eating, sleeping on a air bag(which was by far the most comfy “not my bed” bed), freezing in the snow, burning in the sauna…
the plane was delayed by an hour due to excess snow in Helsinki…very encouraging indeed. Luckily I had a malaysian/finnish lady for company
shopping for Taco’s
ville and riikka moved into a new apartment…the ceiling looks like this
as they had moved in just two days back there was a lot of stuff to be unpacked before the new years party
while ville fixed the ikea stuff
and riikka made tacos
i went around taking some brilliant photos…like this one
time for the delicious tacos
they have the most original view from their apartment
as the photo suggests…the new years celebrations had begun
despite trying all night to remember names…i failed
his name has something to do with suitcase
eevi recommends The National, Vampire Weekend, Iron and Wine
olli makes the best finnish swedish accent
the day after…
for reasons unknown…ville and i went for walk outside
bad idea as i froze my face
luckily there was a sauna in the apartment to warm up in
the next day we went to the museum of modern art, Kiasma
which looks like this on the inside
“Greetiinigs from Bunjabi XOXO Mr.Bombay”
the Parliament building as seen from the art gallery…
Helsinki has much more breathing space than both Oslo and Stockholm…this is a good shot of what i mean by breathing space
The church of doom had projections on it…we were lucky enough to watch the show before it ended
see the projector to the right…
down the escalator to the tube
6 am and the bottle of Sandeman
the next day…view from the Cultural history museum
more breathing space
crazy finns trying to be happy finns
on the way home…we find this
good to be in…as it was freezing outside
next day…need to print this one
waiting for the plane….
Having seen Helsinki during summer and winter i can say without doubt that its one of the more beautiful cities i have been to. Add to that the crazy finns and you have more than enough reason to go back…which i will for sure.
shashank :: Jan.06.2010 :: digital, helsinki :: 2 Comments »
