Finland Day #2

Day #2 was our only full day in Tampere. We began the morning by asking our next door neighbor to help us find the city center. Once we got to the center and he gave told us a few places to go, we walked around for a while. Our first stops were H&M (a clothing store) and a little cafe for lunch.

wandering around the streets

a picture of a Finnish family at the cafe, disguised by us "taking a picture" of Kelli

Next we went to find an observation tower to get a view of the whole city. We stopped at a cool church on our way there, and also ended up walking around for a while because we still didn't quite have our bearings. We did eventually find the observation tower, with a beautiful view of the city and the lakes on either side of it. Another awesome part was that the cafe at the base of the tower had the best doughnuts EVER!!!! They were fresh, warm, had some kind of spice inside and coarse sugar on the outside. YUM!!!!

 showing off the church

trying to find the observation tower in the middle of a winter wonderland

we made it!

at the top - a view of one of the lakes in the background

eating the yummy doughnuts

After the observation tower, we went to see the Tampere art museum. We enjoyed the art from Bali - it was very detailed and colorful.

After the art museum we were tired, so we decided to go back to our apartment, cook dinner and relax for the evening. We made pasta and roasted broccoli, and had a good evening of laughter and a movie.