Every year, the terraces of Helsinki seem to collude to invent one new drink or ingredient. This year it’s rhubarb – and, more specifically, the Rhubarb Spritz.
Luckily it’s rather good.
I’ve had quite a few.
Day 160: Drinks With Colleagues
Tag: Helsinki
Day 142: The Ancient Art of Puppetry
Finland has fantastic museums for kids. In fact, almost all museums here have something specifically for children to do.
Helsinki City Museum is a good example with a whole section of historical play areas. And the theater section has a puppet stage.
Great stories were born this day!
Day 140: Fire Drill
The only thing fire drills really teach us is to finish our lunch and pack our bags before evacuating.
Day 138: Summer in the City
Walking meetings are the best kind of meetings. You end up having very different 1:1s while walking around the neighborhood than you do sitting in front of your laptop.
Every time I do one, I decide to do them more often.
Then I don’t.
Day 118: Yes
We had a very relaxed office afterwork today. The weather was fantastic, so we ditched some other plans, headed to the park with picnic blankets, and ordered pizzas. To top it all off, the coworking space we work in had some beers that were about to expire. We were happy to dispose of them.
After several shorter nights, I was planning to leave early. But it was pretty easy to convince me otherwise. Again.
Day 117: More Rail
Another day, more trains. Again to Kokkola.
So, I continue my series of images from Helsinki railway station. The Lantern Carriers outside the front entrance are often dressed and decorated to reflect whatever is happening in the city. For now they are back on their basic clothing.
Day 114: Räyh!
Girls’s night out.
For dinner, Alanna and Kiara chose a sushi – one of their all-time favourites.
After dinner, we headed to a Hevisaurus Musical. I think Hevisaurus is a concept that could really only exist in Finland… Its a band dressed up as dinosaurs, playing heavy metal for kids. And they are pretty good too!
Alanna especially was into every song. She knew the words to half of them and danced passionately to the rest.
As did most of the audience.
I am not sure if I’ve ever seen that many 5-8 year olds headbanging before.
Räyh! is their best song. Or the ballad, ‘Goodnight, Last of the Mammoths’ (Hyvää yötä, viimeinen mammutti). Both are worth a listen.
Day 102: When The World Turns Pink
A few years ago, Stuart and I took our bikes on the metro to the opposite side of Helsinki. It is a great way to find some new interesting routes, instead of riding the same routes over and over again.
Anyway, on that day we stumbled upon the biggest pocket of cherry trees in Helsinki. It was the peak blossom time, and the park was phenomenal.
This year, when I saw the cherries are blooming, I decided to go back with a proper camera. But, as it so often happens, I got busy and waited a few days too long. I managed to catch the blooms maybe on the last day they were still properly pink. The sunnier batches of the trees had already turned green.
I’ll try again next year.
Day 101: Farewell
We had a farewell dinner for a team member, Ed, today. It started calmly enough in a nice Italian restaurant, but the time we hit the second coctail bar, I was glad the next day was a public holiday.
A good night out.
Day 99: The Gods of Photography
There are moments when everything lines up – the building facade, the old green Beetle, the surfboard… The gods of photography have given you their blessing.
There is also truth to the idea that the more you practice, the luckier you get. In photography, it can be changed to: the more you walk around frustrated, the less lucky you feel. But you do learn to appreciate the rare lucky shot.
Blue Moment 