This week, I had couple of hours free in Helsinki, and they were more than enough. As far as I could see, it is really beautiful the surroundings of the city: lots of islands and forests, but the city was not that beautiful.
I didn’t know that some of the big cruises in the world are built in Helsinki.
I knew that Finland was part of Sweden until beginning of last century, and that many people there speak Swedish, but I didn’t expect to see the street names in both languages.
Last weekend I went with a friend to Copenhague. It’s just 1-hour flight far from Stockholm, and we were interested in knowing other scandinavian capital. It happened to be an beautiful city and with a very interesting mix of Scandinavia and continental Europe…
… and with a real open live sea, apart from many channels…
… with an overvalued Little Mermaid …
… with some funny situations, like these guys with a living room on a boat (please, pay attention to the details) …
… and where you can always find your place for relaxing.
Today is Saint George’s day, and it is celebrated in many places in the world. For me, it is special, as he is the patron of my town, Alcoy, and the local festivities are in his honour.
Another weekend with a visitor, which means, the whole weekend out doing stuff: sightseeing, walking, party, etc. And it was a great weekend, with a really nice weather. Spring seems to be here…
Furthermore, this time the visit included some typical Stockholm’s musts. First of all, the Ice Bar, a bar where everything is made of ice: tables, walls, bar, glasses. Quite interesting for a Spaniard, so to say.
Vasa Museum was also part of the visit. It is still impressing me this huge boat more than 300 years old, so well preserved. Nobody should visit Stockholm without spending couple of hours in this museum.
I love to go out these April’s nights and feel the special atmosphere present in Alcoi. But this year, I will be (once more) too far away from it. Thanks to Youtube and MP3, at least I can bring some of that magic to my living room in Stockholm.
This is happening in my town, Alcoy/Alcoi, every night in April. Moros y Cristianos festivities take place from 21st to 24th April, and during the whole month people involved in this go out with bands of music, to rehearse the big day: “La entrà”, a huge parade.
By the way, I received today an e-mail with a Chiki-Chiki (spanish candidate in the Eurovision song contest) version for Moros y Cristianos. You can listen and read it in this blog (it’s in valencian).