We are starting this semester by sharing the impressions we got during the winter holidays. I hope you had a lot of fun meeting your friends, going to the nature, skiing, skating, visiting new places and doing dozens of other interesting things, and I'm looking forward to seeing your pictures illustrating this enjoyable time.
I also had a good time in January. Together with my husband we spent a week holiday in Finland to celebrate our silver wedding. We stayed in a nice small town Nokia 16 km away from Tampere the second largest city in Finland after Helsinky (the capital).
Nokia is situated on a very big lake. Finland in general abounds in lakes, big rocks and pine trees which I personally like very much because such landscape sets me in a quiet philosophical mood.
Most people in that part of Nokia, where we stayed, live in small pleasant cottages with green lawns around them. I guess all the families have cars because there are garages near all the houses. However, many Finns ride bicycles even in winter. We saw a lot of bikes near shops and near the school and they didn't have locks or any other protective measure.
We also went to Tampere which is a big city full of tourists attractions. Just imagine, there are 23 museums, and 11 theatres there! And what I espessially liked - very beautiful parks.
This park is just in the very centre on the banks of the river which flows through the city. The ducks who live there are not afraid of people at all. They didn't pay much attention to me when I came up to look at them.
This mini-waterfall is part of the electric power station built on the river flowing through the city and actually it's part of the park with the ducks. Surprisingly, it's just the centre of the city.One more thing which is for us is that there are no traffic jams on the roads even during the rush hours though the traffic is rather heavy, and there are no crowds in the buses which run according to the schedule without any delays. That makes travelling easy and convenient .
As you can see in all the pictures the weather is rather cloudy. That was the only unlucky thing in our trip but it didn't spoil the pleasant impressions of Finland, its very friendly people, beautiful nature, exceptionally favourable ecological conditions and very many other small things which make life comfortable and enjoyable.
I've heard a lot about this country and my parent are going to visit it too. So, you worked hard all semester and got reward) I am happy for you. As I can see, the nature is beautiful and it impressed me. You know, ecological conditions in our country are not acceptable and visiting places such Finland is the best king of relaxation, espesially for people,who usually overworks. To have a rest on beaches is rather borig. To sum up I'd like to congratulate you and your husband. I hope that this visit is not last and our holidays in London will intresting as well as this one)
ReplyDeleteIt was very interesting for me to read about your travel to Finland because this summer I plan to visit this place too. I dreamt of such travel couple of years and only this year my dreams can come true. It’s nice to hear that your trip to Finland impressed you greatly. I also like such quiet and picturesque atmosphere as you described. And it’s a great advantage that in Finland we can rest and relax in comfortable conditions. After reading your story I felt a strong desire to visit Finland museums and parks. It’s nice that you had remarkable holidays and share your feelings with us.
ReplyDeleteI also join Lena’s congratulations and wish you to celebrate yours gold wedding as wonderful as silver wedding :)