Entinen nykyisesti naapuriasuntolassa asuva kämpikseni teki ‘elokuvan’ huoneestaan samanlaisella tavalla kun mun elokuva VAK:n pihasta viime vuonna. Uskon että katse mun ikkunastani täällä nyt ei olisi yhtä mielenkiintoista …

Katse ikkunastani tänään illalla:
Blick aus meinem Fenster heute abend:

Pari paivää sitten asuntolan toisella puolella parvekkeella:
Vor einigen Tagen auf der anderen Seite des Wohnheims auf dem Balkon:

PS: ja pohjois-saksassa löytyy chiliäkin.

Nein, nicht schon wieder in den Urlaub. Nur in die Altstadt um ca. 25-30kg (auf jeden fall deutlich mehr als 20kg) Nahrungsmittel, Getränke und sonstiges für das Abendessen für unsere Summer University ins ICI zu bringen.

Ich hätte es einem Polizisten nicht verübelt mich vom Rad zu holen, sicher anhalten ist was anderes und an jeder Ampel hoffte ich auf einen Pfahl zum Festhalten, da kurzzeitiges absteigen aufgrund der IKEAtüte auf der Rückseite des Rucksacks praktisch unmöglich war. Naja, passt schon, bin halt nebenstraßen gefahren.

The big chilis are not very spicy, even though they are spicy. More like paprika, first they taste only like paprika, but later you feel that it’s getting warm Let’s see when they turn red or if people start stealing them, i’m living on the ground floor.

Currently I’m learning for my next exam, but somehow this post has to be written:

Doesn’t this look familiar ? well, just as in my old flat on the other side of the Intiankatu, ‘my’ room on the same side of the stairs. And in the kitchen, it was clear to open the second drawer from the top to get a knife. a bit scary, though

But the flat was somehow a lot more comfortable, maybe because it’s a girls’ flat, maybe because there are only finns living and thus staying there for a longer time.
I was somehow wondering why they have these finnish flats and the others … I always though it was because of the furniture, but they had the same there, so that can’t be the only reason. Well, not everybody wants to learn finnish …

On the last morning of my holidays in Helsinki I thus left that flat with my luggage to meet M. in the laboratory and to return the keys. And also of course to say goodbye to H. who was again working the whole summer downstairs, even though now on the computational side.

So that was the first few people to say goodbye to that day …

From the lab I continued then towards the city center, took one of the few ‘wrong’ busses and ended up in Hakaniemi. Usual mistake, but somehow I’m not learning it … At least I saw that market there again. About a year ago I bought rhubarb there to make a nice cake when Zuzana was visiting us in ’springtime’ Helsinki.

Walking to Kaisaniemenpuisto I passed by that construction site sign, showing where that service tunnel actually goes along: that explains all those big holes near to the streets in the city center, for example in front of virgin oil.

The weather was fine, even though not that sunny. But who’ll complain when you have 19°C.

At the train station the one of the 4 statues which was on holidays due to some advertisement campaign was back home, everything as usual. even the lamp was back it its usual place.

At the station I met Jari again, but that was planned, no coincidence. I had to leave from Helsinki to Tampere to leave from there then again in the evening to that ryanair airport Pirkkala by bus.

In Tampere I just left from that tunnel from the tracks when I met Maria who was just about to leave back to Helsinki, she was in Tampere for celebrating her sister’s school end. But as in Helsinki, there was not much time unfortunately. I then continued to the lokkerot, put my stuff there and went back to the main door. And again a known face, even though not that known, so it took me a while: a finnish guy around my age I met on the way from Tampere to Oulu at the beginning of my holidays who was then on its way from an Alcohol detoxitation clinic to his parents’ place for the weekend. Havn’t ever met somebody that age being an alcoholic, at least I think so.

In Tampere the sun was shining, a lot of people were on the streets and on the market. I went to eat some pancakes with lakkahillo.

Hm, the library from inside. Not as dark as from the outside.

And also here, nice temperatures already. I then also went a bit shopping, ending up at the airport with exactly 15,0kg of luggage, the maximum allowed for the normal price. Unfortunately the marmelade has not survived the following flight.

Ha, can you already see what you can get there ?

of course, as on my first day, again towards the mustamakkara

Tampere was build around those rivers, providing energy for the industry. thus there is still industrial areas on the middle of the town, partly they are converted to museums and theaters, but partly they are still used and owned by some companies. For example to sell Finnlayson towels, as I have now 2 more at home.

The airport in Pirkkala is relatively small. On the airport I met a finnish erasmus student from heidelberg and my old tandem partner who brought her from turku to the airport.

and then, after 2 hours of flight and 3 hours of driving by bus somewhen in the middle of the night back in Heidelberg. Nighttime temperatures maybe as high as in the morning in Helsinki.

• As usual, some more pictures can be found in the gallery
• And a link back to the overview post for these holidays

das Pesto ist allerdings von zwei solchen Töpfen mit Basilikum. Und einigen selbstgetrockneten Walnüssen anstatt Pinienkernen aus dem letzten Herbst.

Niin, en puhu kreikkaa, mutta mulla on kreikkalaista kämppistä täällä …

On Sunday there was a ‘meeting’ of from laboratory people on Suomenlinna, whereas it was not too clear if it should be some picnic trip or just to see Suomenlinna. Anyway, I left a bit earlier, went through ‘beautiful’ Pasila towards the city center. In Kaisaniemenpuisto there were still some preparations done for that free concert in the evening.

I continued then through Kruununhaka to the harbour and from there to the orthodox church. When I arrived there I still had quite some time until we all met at the ferry, thus I stood up there watching the city.

But there were such a lot of german tourists, almost disgusting. And even if they’ve been alone, no chance of silence. They just keep talking to their video camera then. I guess that’s the new japanese

Finally we all made it to the ferry (more or less on time) even though our timing and the ferries was not aligned too well. But in the end we got to the island.
(Trying to talk finnish outside on that ferries is worse than speaking on the phone, I suppose)

On Suomenlinna I actually havn’t taken any photos, but it was like last year, what a surprise but they a lot more walls are being renewed.
One of the professors of the Lab was already on the island with his family. From the stony coast on the west part of the southern island, we watched some sailboat race on the horizon - well, or let’s say we were guessing if that might be a race at all - while he was offering some wine to everybody.

On the way back from the harbour, I remembered another place, where I saw 2 days ago in Tennispalatsi art museum, that there might be some items to be seen outside below a bridge. hm, I somehow didn’t get the overall idea of this very installation.

Arriving at home, eating something, preparing to leave again. M.’s bike was small but still faster than walking. And I havn’t had taken my running shoes with me. I thought about then buying some there, but I didn’t. The old ones have seen something like 2000km of roads and paths, thus it might be a good idea anyway. But hey, on the way back my backpack was exactly 15kg, even without new runningshoes. :)

I went south, towards Kalasatama, Kulosaari to go back along Herttoniemi, to Viikki, Vanhakaupunki and then ‘home’.

I’ve never been on the other side of that part of vantaa river/baltic sea, just once in wintertime when one could walk just over there.
In case you noticed why there is sometimes pictures without any obvious meaning but a radardome-like sphere on some roof: that’s the institute of physics of HY.

These places are all ‘within’ Helsinki, that’s not somewhere outside on the countryside.

In Herttoniemi I had to get north somehow, which was not as easy as supposed, but finally I made my way to the paths I already knew from running there.

Near to the ski jumping area, some dozens of dandelions.

• As usual, some more pictures can be found in the gallery
• The following and last day in Finland on this trip
• And a link back to the overview post for these holidays