Well not so much a road trip as a work trip. But it’s still my first time ever in Finland. Got to count for something. Even if it’s only for today, and tomorrow.<\/p>\n
This evening has been full of little surprises. I came to Turku just after four local time; did a little work from the hotel; before grabbing my camera to have a look at what Turku had to offer.<\/p>\n
Not knowing the town or the sites I just ended up walking down by the river in a direction that lots of people seemed to go. Where they ended up I don’t know, but I’ve found some posters suggesting that there are a lot of concerts going on now and today it said Kent. So I guess that’s where the rest ended up. I just walked for a while and snapped a few shots. The weather today was grey, but the temperature was still decent. Should have been a great opportunity for some nice photos.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately I’m still struggling to see clearly after having eye surgery last week. Getting rid of my glasses is great, but I’m still not all the way 20\/20 vision. I miss a lot of details and really got to rely on my camera getting the focus right.<\/p>\n
When my feet got sore enough it was about time for dinner which I had at Stefan\u00b4s Steakhouse. Great place with a steak that was cooked just right and melted in the mouth. I had actually thought about eating at my hotel, but I’m glad I didn’t.<\/p>\n
While waiting for the food I sat watching the people walking by on the docs and suddenly a large salmon leaped in the river just of the shore. I know my eyesight isn’t perfect yet but there is no way that could have been anything other than a large salmon. Great little surprise.<\/p>\n
Walking back to the hotel it was getting darker and the city lights were turning on. One of the bridges I passed had some cool lighting and I decided to grab my camera and have another look around. The onw thing I kind of regret is that I didn’t bring my tripod, only had my gorilla grip.<\/p>\n
Since I’m travelling light I couldn’t fit my ordenary tripod. Even if I could have gotten it into my pack I might have ended up loosing it in security. Sometime it is a dangerous weapon, at other times not so. Guess that’s airport security in a nutshell.<\/p>\n
The Gorilla grip however seems to be safe to bring. And it works fine, except when I tried to fasten it for the first shot I lost a limb, and it fell into the river. Guess it’s about time to get a new one \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
But I still got a few shots of the bridge, some lit statues, a chimney with glowing numbers spelling out one of those “what’s the next number in line”<\/p>\n
1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 .. do you see the pattern ?<\/p>\n
And last, but not least, a large dock crane with some fancy effect lighting. I actually photographed this one earlier as well, but it looks way better at night.<\/p>\n
I’ll have to post some of the pictures as soon as I get home and can get them finished.<\/p>\n
Now the day has come to and end, and perhaps I’ll be able to see more of Turku tomorrow after work and before I go on to Stockholm.<\/p>\n
Should be nice to get back there again. Especially since my flight will land in Stockholm 15 minutes before <\/strong>if leaves Turku. Another riddle for you \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One afternoon in Turku, Finland. And my first ever trip to this country. <\/p>\n