After a long time, today I finally sat down to write down my log. To start with I wish to describe the long walk I took around the city center of Helsinki. On a “sunny” Saturday afternoon I finally made my mind to roam around the city center and to locate the place where I had seen some of the Indian stores on my previous trip on the tram. So, I set out appropriately dressed, to this one of its kind treasure hunt to find the Indian market.
I started my tour with a visit to the harbor that I had been earlier to see it in sunlight and it did not disappoint me… made a couple of pictures around and headed for the Helsinki cathedral the most prominent landmark in the city center. Made a few more pictures and found out my battery had ran out… I have a spare battery but that was in my room. The thrill of adventure ahead, I made my way back to my apartment to pick up my spare battery. Well exercising perhaps. Replaced my battery and hit the road again to the cathedral to cover it fully. Made more photos and started walking around the place called Senate Square.
Went around without any particular destination in mind… went to the other side of the harbor which just a couple of streets away from the first point where I met the sea. Took more pictures and walked through the streets, also found a nice color scheme on a building which I’m planning to put on my house back in Chennai… nothing special just cool brick red accentuated with dark brown. Cool one really! Found my way around to the tram track and started following it with the hope that I would reach the area where the markets are… I wasn’t disappointed… I found the locality around a couple kms from my apartment and believe it there are a total of 8 shops which offer Indian items.
Went inside a few of them and bought some pappads, pickles, chick peas, green peas, moong dal and some rice. On my way back to my apartment I took a different route which brought me to the Helsinki Central Railway station. Found a nice ice skating area near the station, watched for sometime before heading back to home. On the way back spotted another of the Indian cuisine restaurant “Namaskaar Express”. This was more of a fast food kind of restaurant. Nothing that you have to order and wait for them prepare it… it is all there and just have to be put on the plate. When chatting with the guy in the restaurant I learnt that it is run by a Pakistani. Well international relations far away from home. Cool!!! Overall it was a very energetic and revealing walk through the city center. Planning to hit the market once I run out of stock of the items.
I started my tour with a visit to the harbor that I had been earlier to see it in sunlight and it did not disappoint me… made a couple of pictures around and headed for the Helsinki cathedral the most prominent landmark in the city center. Made a few more pictures and found out my battery had ran out… I have a spare battery but that was in my room. The thrill of adventure ahead, I made my way back to my apartment to pick up my spare battery. Well exercising perhaps. Replaced my battery and hit the road again to the cathedral to cover it fully. Made more photos and started walking around the place called Senate Square.
Went around without any particular destination in mind… went to the other side of the harbor which just a couple of streets away from the first point where I met the sea. Took more pictures and walked through the streets, also found a nice color scheme on a building which I’m planning to put on my house back in Chennai… nothing special just cool brick red accentuated with dark brown. Cool one really! Found my way around to the tram track and started following it with the hope that I would reach the area where the markets are… I wasn’t disappointed… I found the locality around a couple kms from my apartment and believe it there are a total of 8 shops which offer Indian items.
Went inside a few of them and bought some pappads, pickles, chick peas, green peas, moong dal and some rice. On my way back to my apartment I took a different route which brought me to the Helsinki Central Railway station. Found a nice ice skating area near the station, watched for sometime before heading back to home. On the way back spotted another of the Indian cuisine restaurant “Namaskaar Express”. This was more of a fast food kind of restaurant. Nothing that you have to order and wait for them prepare it… it is all there and just have to be put on the plate. When chatting with the guy in the restaurant I learnt that it is run by a Pakistani. Well international relations far away from home. Cool!!! Overall it was a very energetic and revealing walk through the city center. Planning to hit the market once I run out of stock of the items.
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