Finding ourselves on our own we decided to check out some of the sites in the city. We started with the Temple Rock Church (http://www.galenfrysinger.com/helsinki_stone_church.htm) down the street from my grandmother's apartment. My dad had taken me here years before and I was sure Lucy would enjoy the unique beauty of the space and its contemplative atmosphere.
We made it by the market place and the main white Lutheran cathedral and even some very large steel wild strawberries...
They were located outside of the EU Parliamentary Library and after having been drawn in by the overgrown berries we wandered inside and gathered some literature and what and who the EU is and how the social medical system works. Granted it is all in Swedish, but it's a start.
We sit now in front of a raging fire back at Stenskar enjoying a nice bottle of wine (no $3 chuck here... instead we have le petit coq). The weather is balmy, not too cold, but very windy and overcast, a perfect evening to curl up in front of the fire and enjoy the solitude of an island just barely inside Finnish waters, which is all our own. Sigh. The only thing that would make it more perfect would be having BJ curled up on the couch at our feet. Please tell him Elise!
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