Today we were in Helsinki, Finland. I don’t know why, but every time I hear or
see that word, I think of the computer game (OK, I’m going to age myself)
“Where In The World Is Carmen San Diego?”
Helsinki was one of the cities in that game and to this day, that’s what
I think of . . . it must’ve been my first introduction to the city’s name and
it just stuck. I suppose it’s a good
pneumonic device, of sorts.
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| Thanks again for the photo, Google. |
Timo (whom I wrote of last week), who is a resident of
Sweden, is actually a citizen (by birth) of Finland. One story I neglected to write about earlier,
when I told of my afternoon and evening with he and Naja, in Copenhagen, is
worth mentioning . . .
Copenhagen is one of those cities with lots of one-way
streets. And they are narrow streets
(it’s an old, European city, after all).
To make matters worse, cars may be parked facing either way on these
one-way streets . . . what that is about, I absolutely CANNOT comprehend. Well, apparently neither can Timo. Either that, or he really wanted to give me
an authentic, local Danish experience, because we drove down a one-way street .
. . yup, the wrong way . . . and yup, shortly thereafter, flashing blue lights
were behind us! Timo is fluent in
Finnish and Swedish, and understands quite a bit of Danish. I have no idea what was said between he and
the Danish police officer, but shortly after Timo’s driver’s license was
returned to him, we were on our way, without any tickets issued. It didn’t take long (about 3 minutes) until
he, Naja, and I were laughing about the incident. That’s when Timo said he really wanted to
give me the full experience. That is NOT
what I expected to happen during my first day in Europe. Still, it’s a fun story . . . thanks, Timo!
Tonight's entertainers in the theater was aerial/adagio duo Jocka & Maria, with whom I worked for 9 weeks on the Dawn.
Tonight's entertainers in the theater was aerial/adagio duo Jocka & Maria, with whom I worked for 9 weeks on the Dawn.
