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Tampere, Finland - 8th November 2009

By: arc-en-ciel

Kaisa took me to the city center to see the church of Aleksanteri. The church was originally built in 1881, but in the 1930's a fire destroyed most of it. It was restored in 1938 to look like it does now. I think the style of the building looks a little bit gothic.

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Kaisa took me to a park for a little sightseeing tour. I finally got to play in the snow, although there wasn't much of it left.

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Today has been a really foggy day, I'm sure you can see it yourselves in the pictures we took! Normally, you could see an amusement park on the other side of the lake in the picture, but now... only mist!

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There was an interesting statue in the park. Kaisa didn't know what it depicted, and we went closer to see why the statue was there.

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The statue of the lady and two kids appeared to have a very sad story behind it. In September 7th, 1929, there was a raging storm, and a steamboat called Kuru fell over in the lake Näsijärvi near the Siilinkari rock. 138 people perished in the waves. As an empathetic dog I couldn't help getting a few tears in my eyes.

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To turn my thoughts towards happier things I went climbing on a little heap of snow.

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At first I thought I saw a ufo in the park...

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...but it turned out to be some kind of a stage! That's a shame, it would have been interesting to meet some Martians! :D

After my host had been to the gym, we took a bus home. I got to travel in her huge bag.

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I already miss you Lisa! I'll keep you posted!

* Posted Nov 8, 2009, 5:21 pm [Quote] Go to the top of the page


 

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