As we decided in the weekly meeting of TAs my welcome dinner was scheduled for Thursday, February 21, 2008 at the Kipina restaurant – a famous restaurant for home made tapas (Spanish) food. As per the plan we were supposed to leave for the restaurant from the office and I thought I will have to be in the office for more time. But, Netta had different plans. We left the office around 17.15 and headed for the latest building the in the Helsinki city center which hosts a restaurant on the top most tower area. So, we (Netta, Sanna, and I) climbed the tower (12th floor) and the restaurant was pretty crammed with little space and was stuffed with as many chairs as possible.
The view outside the tower was pretty impressive even though the climate was very unfavorable with grey poured over the entire sky… but was able to see the city from a good vantage point right in the heart of the city. Made some pictures, though most of them were not that good… especially given the “chill” conditions 12 floors up and a small camera… it is tooooo shakkkkky to take picturesJ. I had a cup of refreshing coffee before we started to our restaurant for the evening – Kipina.
Walked all the way around the block via the central station again and reached the restaurant at around quarter past 6. On our way, Sari joined us and we hit the restaurant and waited for Mervi and Annika to join us. Meanwhile, we ordered some starters… a couple of vege dishes for me and some more. I had ordered a glass of red wine to accompany my snacks and by the time food arrived both the girls joined us and we had a great time together chatting about everything other than work. J They want to learn some swear words so I taught them a few domesticated animals. I ordered for some pasta with onions, tomatoes, and garlic. It was good and really filling.
The view outside the tower was pretty impressive even though the climate was very unfavorable with grey poured over the entire sky… but was able to see the city from a good vantage point right in the heart of the city. Made some pictures, though most of them were not that good… especially given the “chill” conditions 12 floors up and a small camera… it is tooooo shakkkkky to take picturesJ. I had a cup of refreshing coffee before we started to our restaurant for the evening – Kipina.
Walked all the way around the block via the central station again and reached the restaurant at around quarter past 6. On our way, Sari joined us and we hit the restaurant and waited for Mervi and Annika to join us. Meanwhile, we ordered some starters… a couple of vege dishes for me and some more. I had ordered a glass of red wine to accompany my snacks and by the time food arrived both the girls joined us and we had a great time together chatting about everything other than work. J They want to learn some swear words so I taught them a few domesticated animals. I ordered for some pasta with onions, tomatoes, and garlic. It was good and really filling.
Everyone ordered a different dish and they shared to taste everything that was in offer in that restaurant. As I said earlier, this restaurant offered homemade food, so the menu was pretty small with little but tasty dishes. Most of them had troubles finishing off, so we went ahead and ordered for a dessert – a vanilla soufflé. I ordered for coffee again (Irish) and with that closed the day with a nice feeling of getting to know my colleagues better.
1 comment:
LOL @ "They want to learn some swear words so I taught them a few domesticated animals"
manoj
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