Today we took a trip to Helsinki, Finland. We came over from Tallinn, Estonia via a 2 hour ferry ride. The Nordics are nourishing expensive, so we didn't splurge on any museums today.
A few items of note, while there we visited Temppeliaukio Church. A Lutheran church designed by architects Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen. The Church is built directly into solid rock, it is also known the Rock Church.
The meal pictures was a traditional Finnish meal. Shown on th3 bottom is Sautéed reindeer with mashed potatoes & lingonberries. At top is a creamy salmon soup, with traditional rye bread and butter.
On the ferry back to Tallinn, we were serenaded to Finnish and Estonian Karaoke! A few songs were in English, though. We did get to hear someone with a Russian-ish accent butcher Billy Joel's "She's Always a Woman." I think he was dedicating it to his girlfriend / wife. Hopefully, his day job wasn't playing in a Billy Joel cover band, "Goodnight St. Petersburg" (instead of Saigon... best I could come up with).もっと詳しく
旅行者I was surprised the reindeer was excellent. Actually tasted like a slightly leaner shredded beef. you'd have a hard time telling them apart it wasn't that gamey at all. Dave tried the salmon from my soup it was very good although he stayed away from my cream based broth.
旅行者
wow looks like a big piano
旅行者
How did the reindeer taste? Could you eat the soup David?
旅行者I was surprised the reindeer was excellent. Actually tasted like a slightly leaner shredded beef. you'd have a hard time telling them apart it wasn't that gamey at all. Dave tried the salmon from my soup it was very good although he stayed away from my cream based broth.