Last night we went to Mikaelinkirkko (St. Michael’s Church), an Evangelical Lutheran congregation that houses itself in a Swedish/Gothic German building that was built from 1899-1905. Truman State University’s Cantoria Choir is currently on their international tour, and Turku was their second stop. They sang a range of songs from Omnis Una to Somewhere (from West Side Story). … More Fellow Americans
Just took this picture out of our window at 11:45 PM. Can’t believe how light it is out still!! You can even see the sun reflecting in the windows. We’re definitely going to have to invest in some black-out shades!
Some of these artists must have worked through the night! Day 2 is on the left and day 1 is on the right.
On our way over to the Eurocultured street festival we ran into a “weed protest.” I couldn’t read their signs because they were in Finnish, but I’m assuming they want weed legalized. Although, whether it’s legal or not didn’t seem to make a difference to them because a cloud of smoke was billowing up from … More Weed, Graffiti & Music – Eurocultured Day 1
Went and saw the new Pirates movie (awesome!) and came back to our apartment stinking of smoke and our neighbor’s smoke alarm going off. Since we don’t have a phone we went out and found a good Samaritan who let us call the fire emergency on his cell phone and now we have this… The … More What A Night!
The Wild Rose 