Tuesday 3 July 2012

a walk by the river, at the Cathedral end, this time


Tuomiokirkko/The Cathedral
decorated bins

a snooze on the riverbank

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remember these guys from last year?.... THEY'RE BACK!

Monday 2 July 2012

A final (medieval) flurry with fish!

Sunday crowds, as seen from across the river
...and in the Old Town Square
Queuing for lunch
Fish head, anyone?
yummy... smoked salmon, roasted root vegetables and raw carrot in a cabbage leaf served with dark bread and a cup of water all on a wooden platter

Jousting

What can you see? Knights on horses.
Really? All I can see is a big crowd.
I have a better view and there are knights on horses.
Oh, yes, I can see them now!
What are they doing?
Riding up and down and hitting each other with big long sticks
like that one? yes, mummy.
 and a little later...
look mummy! those are the horses we saw before!
Don't they look big and grand?
they are horses, mummy!