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Porvoo, Finland - 20th October 2012

By: Eohippus

Hello again, dear mom!  :)

We have all been rather upset here, because of Zoes moms passing away.  :(
We have been comforting Zoe, keeping her in a warm and fluffy voyager -embrace, and it was really a big relief to hear her to say the first witty remark after some uncharacteristically solemn days.  :)

We all send a warm embrace to you and to Zoes little sister Crawfish:)



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But the show must go on, and I have many updates to write!
This time Iīm showing you pics from our trip to Porvoo. Have you been there, mom?  :)



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Here Iīm watching the town of Porvoo from the top of an ironage castlehill, after which the whole town has got its name (in swedish Borgå = castle river).  :)


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Here Iīm standing on one of the bridges leading over the river Porvoo.
The water in the river was very brown at this time of year, when the huge rains have brought lots of earth from the fields, and I certainly didnīt feel like swimming in it, but the fish didnīt seem to mind.  :D



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Porvoo is one of the oldest finnish towns, and it is about fifty kilometers to east from Helsinki.
We drowe there in the car of Hennas neighbour, who was more than happy to loan it to get rid of us for some hours.  :stare:



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After admiring the riverview enough, we headed for the narrow, cobblestone -paved alleys of the old town.  :)
Here most of the buildings are made of wood and some of the buildings are rather old, although the town had suffered many fires in history.  The biggest fire in the year 1760 was caused by a woman cooking fish soup.  :rolleyes:



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This is the old town hall of Porvoo. Nowadays it serves as the Museum of Porvoo town.  :)


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It was very funny to walk along the cobblestones.  :D Henna was walking like a giraffe, but we toyvoyagers, we really had to hop from cobble to cobble.
Phew! Iīll be in a super condition after the time in Finland! Can you see my big muscles, mom?  ;)



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The old town was very  adorable - the narrow passageways and some of the houses were almost toyvoyager sized, and many people had decorated their windows in charming ways to be nice to watch at for the passers by. We also saw many fat cats. What a nice place!  :)


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Here is the mediaeval church of Porvoo. Some young stupidos burned it down some years ago, but now it is restaured again.  :)


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We continued our walk trough the cute town, and can you imagine, we met there three nice women who came to ask from what part of world we are from, and told they have a colleague who is also in toyvoyaging.  ;)
Itīs great to meet people who have heard of us! We are famous!  B)



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We saw some glorious trees in the autumn colours.  :)


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And a beautiful small square, where there was a sundial. We went to investigate it.


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How do I read time from this, mom?  :thinking:
I have no idea, but I thinks itīs cool! Could I have one on my bedside table?  :stare:



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It was already getting dark.. we are not very early risers here, unless we really HAVE to.  :rolleyes:


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We were still walking trough the town center and doing some windowshopping. There was some very inviting little shops.


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Then we walked onto the next bridge and saw the river Porvoo and the little red warehouses from opposite direction.  :D


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We drowe back home, and sang the whole way a finnish song Tuli was teaching to us. It tells about a frog living under a rhubarb leaf in mothers kitchen garden. :)
She promised to teach a finnish song for each one of us according to our species. Maybe itīs my turn soon.  :)

Kisses from your little Josie!  :)
See you soon!















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