Here we are in Finland, the 4th country of our EU adventures and the first official research stop for me. I'm working at U Helsinki with Juha Peltonen and Heikki Tikkanen on a project on hypoxia and acute mountain sickness. We arrived Monday to a rainy day, so what better way to get oriented than having me get the family completely lost wandering the downtown? We did eventually make it to the main part of downtown and the massive Stockmann store, 8 stories high! Actually 10+ if you count that it has floors -1, -1A also!Finland is pretty much as hockey-mad as Canada, and the local team is Helsinki Jokerit (Jokers). Here's Jacob modelling the far-less-than-intimidating jersey - about as scary as a maple leaf!
Maybe that is the point - come onto the ice, everyone laughs and thinks you are a "joke" but then..... So have you been paying the "Finland" song from Spamalot?
ReplyDeleteSo have you guys found any Finnish delicacies yet? How about Chinese restaurants? Are there any in Helsinki? I honestly think that the Jedi Queen and I have seen Chinese restaurants in all the corners of the world that we've travelled to.
ReplyDeleteSo....any plans to go see the Ducks play the Sabres? Maybe you guys will get to a Jokerit game during the season. Maybe they'll have other cool souvenirs.
Good point about the Spamalot Finland song, Jedi Queen!
No we haven't listened to the song that is partly because I have no idea where it is right now. But really who's going to think that is scary Like could you imagine a huge guy like Zedeno Chara having to wear that jersey?
ReplyDeleteIf you count Japanese restraunts as Chinese then yes but we have seen no actual Chinese restraunts in Finland yet
ReplyDeleteTrust me - you will find a Chinese restaurant. They are like cats - everywhere but the Antartic:-)
ReplyDeleteYes now we have found some!
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