Wednesday, July 22, 2015

A field trip to Mariehamn

On day 3, we went on a field trip to the Åland capital of Mariehamn. We stopped at Judy's, a ceramic artist who has her store and studio in an old dairy farm. She had coffee and pastries for us and she was totally adorable. I bought one of her mug and also a cute apron and tea towel from another Åland artist. Then we had lunch in Marihamn and spent the rest of the day checking out the town and shopping. This town kind of reminded me of Port Townsend with all it's maritime history and wooden boats. We had dinner in a cool little restaurant sitting outside on wood crates on the docks and then danced the charleston (totally unplanned, they just happened to have a band and a dance demo and we couldn't resist but join in). And how many occasion do you get to dance the charleston in Finland anyway?

2 comments:

  1. When i visited my Finnish relatives in Finland, coffee and pastries were a BIG part of the trip! But alas, no charleston dancing.....

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  2. When i visited my Finnish relatives in Finland, coffee and pastries were a BIG part of the trip! But alas, no charleston dancing.....

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