As many of you know, we have been reassigned to Frankfurt, Germany!!! Paul will be doing finances for all 160 Centers for Young Adults in Europe and Bev will be doing other finance jobs. We wanted to have one last blog about our favorite summer activity in Helsinki ....BIKE RIDING!!!! Although we lived in downtown Helsinki, we had several gorgeous rides within a few minutes!
Bike trails are plentiful and well marked:
A new pedestrian/bike path just opened in June
that started 2 minutes from our apartment.
This gully was a former trolley line !
Periodically there are stairs and ramps up to the street level.
This pathway leads to a small lake that we could ride to in 10 minutes.
So beautiful and restful...but full of joggers and bikers...and swans!
We could circle the lake in 10 minutes...so in 40 minutes we could ride to the lake, circle it twice and go home! Loved this ride!!!
Another bike ride was to an island called Lautasaurri.
First we would ride along a beautiful canal...
This picture was the scene we saw as we crossed the bridge!
In 15 minutes we could be at the shore, in woods, and seeing the tiny summer homes. These are one room with no electricity or running water.
It's hard to believe this lovely place is so close to downtown Helsinki!
We could also ride to the Sibelius Monument.
He is a famous composer and wrote the hymn "Be Still My Soul"
Paul also wanted to include some pictures that were going
to be their own blog: doors and architecture!
These are just a sampling of his collection of pictures:
This is Stockmann's Department store...the Macy's of Finland!
You can see our apartment from this picture (about 200 yards behind the center mast)...also the contrast between the Radisson Blu, the apartment building and this old sailing ship we enjoyed seeing! Goodbye to Helsinki...Hello to Frankfurt, Germany!!!!!
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