Trip to Finland

In July I made a quick three week trip to Finland. It had been a while. I flew KLM this time. Of course these days most airlines are partnering with other airlines, so even though I had booked a KLM flight I was actually inside Delta, KLM, Finnair and Air France airplanes.

I was originally supposed to fly with my daughter, who was going to town of Hamina ( in southeastern Finland ) for ten days. She was going to take an "Intensive Finnish for Teenagers" class. However, I had to change my ticket and fly a week earlier due to some family reasons.

Eating tasty airline food (above) is always a life altering experience. There is some evidence suggesting that this piece of culinary excellence is actually chicken.

The trip was a lot of fun. I got to hang out with family and old friends. Visiting Finland is always an inspiring experience. I mean it inspires me to make Art. You see things that look different, you speak a different language, you walk around in a jetlag induced haze.... I also discovered that there is a lot of old gray wood available, if I ever have a chance to make some neo-cubist wall sculptures in Finland.

When my daughter wasn't studying finnish we had a chance to see some sights. She was taking pictures of the Helsinki Cathedral and some architectural details in the buildings in downtown Helsinki.

Of course I had to eat some pulla while I was there. Pulla is what we eat with coffee. My wife  calls it "sweet bread", which might be an accurate description, but it won't cover the whole spectrum of a pulla eating experience. Those little white dots are sugar, even though they look like salt. These pullas are distant relatives of cinnamon rolls, but much better.

Naturally eating all this pulla and finnish chocolate is not good for my waistline. 

Now I have to eat nothing but Alfalfa-sprouts for the rest of the summer.