Sunday, 7 October, 2018 – Weather – not too bad Loyal followers of this Blog. If you find yourself in a situation where you cannot see the photos and / or the captions or alignments are messed up, please go to http://www.beauperi.com directly and all those problems should go away.
Today we are up earlier today. Julie had donated the good bed, which was much better. She put extra pillows to improve the legacy bed but it didn’t help a lot in the end.
We catch the tram again down to the market. A big, burly ticket inspector boards, Sunday morning?. Fortunately, our tickets are in order and he advises us that we have until 11:15.
Outdoor market – Julie tried a Herring, not for meThere were many boats lined up on the shore, all theoretically selling Herring
I follow Julie over to the indoor market but then decide to go back for some more game.
The Game ShopI wanted a Moose Burger, but they did not have one so settled for a Reindeer Burger and Fries, OK
In the mean time, Julie was going around the indoor market looking for her Salmon Soup.
Making new pots of soupNicely sliced SalmonThe more expensive soup was no better than the lesser one from yesterday. Broth was watery
We take the tram back to the apartment. Our stop is at the Museum of Natural History.
Guarded by this Magnificent MooseDon’t forget the GiraffesAt the apartment Tanika has bought me a traditional chees and rice pieJulie has Salmon for dinnerJulie cooks chicken with a packet rice and bean combo for me
Saturday, 6 October, 2018 – Weather – not too bad Loyal followers of this Blog. If you find yourself in a situation where you cannot see the photos and / or the captions or alignments are messed up, please go to http://www.beauperi.com directly and all those problems should go away.
After a poor night’s sleep on the retro bed, I am moving a bit slowly this morning. Eventually, we get moving. We are going to markets down by the harbour. We board a tram and discover that (1) it is going the wrong way and (2) you can no longer buy tram tickets on a tram. So we walk back a ways and find a place where we can buy tickets. It is an automated machine with instructions all in Finnish but eventually we work it out.
We walk by this museum with the giant “protector”Our Tram, note that there are doors only on one sideBoarding the Tram behind an old lady
We arrive at the shore and get off one stop earlier than Julie had planned. There is an outdoor market.
A lady selling fish, mostly salmon, from her boatOther market goodies – note the succotash on the rightVegiesLots of variety of gameWe went across the way to an old church which is now an indoor food hallJulie perusing the food stallsA variety of food stuffsand moreSweet StuffA variety of (expensive) Reindeer productsI wonder what a Reindeer Moose pie would have been like?I got s reindeer sausage with salad, very gamey, very niceJulie’s Salmon Soup, not nice “I should have bought the more expensive one”Canned gameReindeer Chips at 9 euro very expensive
We jump on the tram to return toward the apartment. There is a Michelin rated Asian restaurant very close to the house. Julie tries to get a booking but it is Saturday night and booked out plus they are closed Sunday and Monday and we leave on Tuesday so we miss out.
Shortly after we arrive in the apartment Julie goes out again to do more exploring.
It is one tram stop away and it was next to the one with the long queues this morning. Address is: Mannerheimintie 22-24, 00100 Helsinki, Finland
Julie outside the restaurant which turned out to be a bit upmarketWaiting for a table, service was quite slow throughout the nightFinally, at the tableIt is a long restaurant and eventually fills upDrinks, Tanika has a special Gin and TonicLightly salted salmon with creamed chanterelles and dill potatoes for JulieCream of crayfish with crayfish and fennel salsa for meRyan’s Choice Beef tartare with anchovy mayonnaise and parmesanMarinated feta cheese with tapenade and sourdough bread croutons for TanikaFillet of reindeer served with cherry and cepp bake and dark onion broth for my main courseThe Girls and Ryan had fillet of pike perch with creamed button mushrooms and butter braised horseradish and thought it was great
As I mentioned at the start, it was quite a posh place which meant probably the most expensive meal of the trip so far. However, I think it was worth it given the exotic foods that we had. After that, we returned home and crashed.
Tuesday, 2 October, 2018 – Nice Looking Day Loyal followers of this Blog. If you find yourself in a situation where you cannot see the photos and / or the captions or alignments are messed up, please go to http://www.beauperi.com directly and all those problems should go away.
We started with the usual free breakfast which was much less crowded that time of day than yesterday. We get the same table and largely the same foods, Julie Smoked Salmon again. I commit a faux pax by using glutinous bread in a gluten free only toaster. Julie decided not to do a swim this morning and heads off for more prancing.
I have a very quiet day inside for much of it. We decide that we would like to go to the Whiskey Warehouse for dinner tonight. Julie makes a booking through the Net for 6:00. The plan to save some walking is to use the second day of the Hop On / Off to drop us in the Old Town at the start and then walk home.
We board the last bus at a bit before 5:00 and are planning to get off at the early stop for the Old Town but in a good move, Julie asks the driver who tells her that that stop is closed for construction. So we hop off basically in the middle of the street and get there. Yesterday’s Post had a photo out the front.
It is now called Ardbeg, a supplier of a lot of their whiskeysThis Clock not only operates counter clockwise but is also inaccurate depending where the minute hand isThere are a lot of WhiskeysThe Waitress got Julie a 3 ounce shot from the barrel just like Julie is simulating hereJulie’s whiskey + water bottle with pipette for adding drops to the shot glassJulie ordered the Moose for something specifically Scandinavian
The Moose had a gamey flavour but was a bit tough in spots. The beetroot would have pleased Julie.
I ordered the game meatballs with Lingon berries
The meatballs were a combination of reindeer, moose and a little beef. They were indeed gamey and quite good.
Irish Coffee for Julie. Jameson’s Whiskey I believe
I safely negotiate the KM walk back to the Hotel, there was some lubrication with a bottle of red. When we get back, we have to pack as we have an early ride to the Ferry that will take us to Finland tomorrow.
