Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/10/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am in Helsinki right now, a short business trip before flying on to Copenhagen and a few days? vacation later today. I arrived in Finland on Wednesday night, and rather than having dinner with my colleagues (we are 5 people from the office here), I spent the evening walking around, re-discovering the city I used to visit very frequently in the late 1990s but had not visited since 2001. I felt a certain pleasure recognising the familiar places, despite the bitterly cold temperature?it was below freezing even though we are only in October. For that reason, the streets were virtually deserted after 9 p.m. Four images from my walk. Stockmann is a grand old department store in the centre. I remember that there was a nice bar in the basement where I sometimes sought escape from the cold: https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-4kvVKNs/A The main Esplanade connecting the centre with the harbour. I used to stay in Hotel K?mp, one of the buildings on the left: https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-hpWz7xd/A Helsinki City Hall: https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-vqd3ZQz/A Sofia Street with the Lutheran cathedral in the background: https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-RVMqpXs/A Of all the cities I have visited, Helsinki is the one that changes the most from winter to summer. On a July day when the sun barely sets, these streets look like a Mediterranean town. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA