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Lieto, Finland - 8th August 2013
By: jinxed
Hello
I arrived to Finland yesterday morning. Today, after sitting an extra day in my envelope, someone finally picked me up and then I was travelling again. Fortunately it wasn't a long journey this time and soon I finally got out of the envelope.
Teddy and his friend Janne were there to welcome me. They told me that we're at a cottage in Lieto and Teddy also promised to guide me around the garden tomorrow.
While I was talking with Teddy and Janne, a cat showed up. For a moment I thought that she's going to eat me or something scary like that, but it turned out that she was only curious and came to say hi.
Greetings from Finland,
Soeren
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Posted Aug 9, 2013, 5:44 pm
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Hämeenlinna, Finland - 18th August 2013
By: jinxed
Hello
I had an exciting day. Jinxed woke me up earlier than usually and soon everyone (except the cat) was in the car, driving towards Hämeenlinna. The view from the car was mostly forests and fields with some houses, other farm buildings and cows, sheep and horses scattered here and there.
When we arrived to Hämeenlinna, it became clear that we were going to spend a day at Häme Medieval Faire. First we saw Häme castle towering over the area. We bought our tickets and entered Linnanpuisto, the faire area.
We arrived at the Tournament Field just in time to watch the horse tournament show by Rohan Stables. The show was awesome and the knights were friendly. At the end of the show the audience was allowed to go to talk to the knights and pat their horses. I wanted to pose for a photo with one of the knights and his horse.
Then we walked around the park watching all those booths and tents and of course all those products that were for sale there. There were lots of people. All the merchants and some other people were dressed in medieval clothes. The park itself was beautiful, located at a lake called Vanajavesi. We also took a short break and ate pancakes.
The we decided that it's time to see the castle from inside, too, and went for a guided tour. The guide told us about the history of the castle, which is one of Finland's medieval castles. I think it was an interesting tour. Unfortunately photographing inside was challenging at best, which explains the lack of those photos.
After a day spent at the Medieval Faire, we returned to the cottage.
Greetings,
Soeren
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Posted Aug 19, 2013, 12:04 pm
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