photography

      We started our trip a little late because of the lack of communication and sunshine. We went to the Rock Church with other tourists at around noon, there were elegant and cheerful piano music playing in the big round hall. I wonder what makes it a better place to visit, which makes normal people want to take photo with, sit for a short while or look around. We went for another photography exhibition right after and there were quite a lot of people. I saw lovely senior couples holding hands, looking at the photos and talking to each other. There were a little blond boy with lots of coins in hand and is busy putting them into his pocket.

      We visited the famous little coffee house Regatta, which is located in the west coastline of Helsinki. The weather wasn't nice enough to make the view pretty and the wind was cold and strong, but we enjoyed our afternoon tea there. Such a popular and small cafe like this will definitely have copycats who provide exactly the same product if it were in Taiwan, but maybe there are just too little people here to attract another coffee house.

      We took a look at the Helsinki in the '50s at another photography exhibition in Helsinki city museum. The scenery was similar to our present day, just that there used to be more wooden houses. We window-shopped a street with some lovely shops because they are all closed on Sunday and went home to cook dinner. My roommate took us to a karaoke gay bar, and we listened to some Finnish song, both old and new ones, sang by drunk or sober people.