Green Foxy's summer 96
2013

Sea cruise to
Vaasa in Finland
Part B

 
2013-08-20. Me in the park by the church in Vaasa, Finland
2013-08-20. They had so nice flowers in Vaasa
2013-08-20. More flowers.
2013-08-20. The sparrows were hungry :-)
2013-08-20. The big market place.
2013-08-20. The weather was so nice. Many people could sit outside and drink coffee or tea.
2013-08-20. Ove in the middle of the picture in pink skirt. The big square is called "Salutorget. The means "Market place".
2013-08-20. A pigeon.
2013-08-20. A statue.
2013-08-20. People sitting by the statue.
2013-08-20. More artwork.
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2013-08-20.  Me walking on the market place.
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2013-08-20. Another gull on the statue.
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2013-08-20. This part of the market was in the shadow in the late afternoon.
2013-08-20. In the weekend and earlier in the day, there are more stalls.
2013-08-20. Ove on the market place.
2013-08-20. Me by the stores. We did no do sight seeing. The trip was most for shopping.
2013-08-20. Inside a shopping mall.
2013-08-20. A gull on the market place.
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2013-08-20. This penguin is a trade mark for ice cream. I like this penguin so much. We bough an ice cream. We were sitting on a bench eating it.
2013-08-20. Me going shopping.
2013-08-20. The staff in the stores were so helpful and kind.
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2013-08-20. There are a lot of trees in Vaasa.
2013-08-20. Some pictures of a street in Vaasa.
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2013-08-20. There are many modern buildings in Vaasa near the market place. but the have old buildings too. But we only visited near the market place.
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2013-08-20. Our bus was standing by the church. While waiting for the driver we had a nice walk in the park by the church.
2013-08-20. An old house and the water tower in Vaasa
2013-08-20. The street by the park.
2013-08-20. I always feel happy in a park.
2013-08-20. The sun was shining through a tree.
2013-08-20. Another old house.
2013-08-20. The Vaasa Lutheran Church. (Holy Trinity Church)
2013-08-20. Me by the fountain and the church.
2013-08-20. I liked the trees in the park.
2013-08-20. The church and the fountain.
2013-08-20. The water in the fountain.
2013-08-20. The Trinity church in Vaasa.
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2013-08-20. This park was a lovely place.
2013-08-20. Ove by the town hall in Vaasa
2013-08-20. The park.
2013-08-20. Beautiful flowers in the park.
2013-08-20. I close-up picture of the flowers.
2013-08-20. We walked through the gate back to the boat.
2013-08-20. On the boat again.
2013-08-20. The archipelago.
2013-08-20. The archipelago in the low sunlight.
2013-08-20. The water tower in Vaasa in the background.
2013-08-20. The archipelago
2013-08-20. People in a boat.
2013-08-20. A wind turbine.
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2013-08-20. On the boat in the low sunlight.
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2013-08-20. There was dancing on the boat. The name of this band is Ola & Jag. I have two CD of them. They are playing very good.
2013-08-20. The sky was coloured in gold.
2013-08-20. Now the sky was coloured in yellow and orange.
2013-08-20. The sun was going down.
2013-08-20. A gorgeous sunset.
2013-08-20. It was stunning!
2013-08-20. Later the moon was going up.
2013-08-20. The moon is shining over the sea and the boat.
2013-08-20. When it was darker the moon looked like this.
2013-08-20. It was beautiful to see the moon shining over the sea. We came late to the harbour in Umeå. I saw the lamps in the light houses. Small spots of light. It was so peaceful. And the moon and the lights were shining in the darkness..
2013-08-20. I bought a CD with songs in Finish and these mumin (moomin) figures. The Finish author Tove Jansson wrote books about these figures. From left to right: Moominpappa, Moominmamma, The Snork maiden and Moomin who is the head figure in the stories.
2013-08-20. . I bought the stuffed soft Moominpapa (right) on the boat Wasa Express. I bought the soft Moomin (right) some years ago on the boat Viking Gabriella when I was on a trip to Helsinki.
 

Links

Vaasa

Tove Jansson

List of Moomin characters

 
Wilhelmina Schedin 2016-03-13