その後はお土産を買うためヘルシンキを散策。
デパートやスーパー、小さなお店、色々なお店があります。
日本のホームセンターのような感じのTOKMANNIで雑貨品や妹からのリクエストのフィンランドの歯磨き粉などを購入。
前にお土産に買って行ったら、子供達がとても気に入って、それじゃないと嫌だ！というくらいなのだとか。
日本では買えないので何本も買いだめ！
After that, we walked around Helsinki to buy some souvenirs.
There are department stores, supermarkets, small stores, and various other stores.
I went to TOKMANNI, which looks like a Japanese home-center, and bought some general goods and some Finnish toothpaste requested by my sister.
I had bought it as a souvenir for her and her family loved it so much that her kids don't want to brush their teeth without it!
We can't buy it in Japan, so we stocked up on a few bottles!
ヘルシンキ大聖堂の近くまで行ったのですが、そこには私達が初めてフィンランドでコンサートをしたホールがあります。
ここから始まった！
嬉しいので記念に写真を撮りました。
We went near Helsinki Cathedral, where we had our first concert in Finland in the hall.
This is where we started!
I was so happy that I took a picture to commemorate the visit.
少し疲れたのと、お昼ご飯を食べていなかったので、Fazel cafeで休憩。
クリスマスの時期のパンと、シナモンロール、ジャムの入ったドーナツを食べました。
シナモンロールは今まで食べた中で一番好きな味でした。
We were a little tired and hadn't had lunch, so we took a break at Fazel cafe.
We had Christmas time bread, cinnamon rolls, and donuts with jam.
The cinnamon roll was my favorite flavor I have ever had.
まだそんなに日が短くない感じでしたね。これからどんどん日照時間が短くなっていくんだと思いますが、
クリスマスのデコレーションもあってしばらくは明るい雰囲気でいられそうですね。
It didn't seem like the daylight was that short yet. I guess the daylight hours are going to get shorter and shorter,
I think it is going to be bright for a while because of the Christmas decorations.
有名なアカデミア書店にも立ち寄りました。洋書の装丁はとても綺麗なので買いたかったけど
持って帰るには重すぎる。。
We also stopped by the famous Academia Bookstore. I wanted to buy some Western books because their bindings are so beautiful,
but it was too heavy to bring them home.
最後の夕食は友人たちと食べました。
Mei Linという中華料理屋さんに行ったのですが、どのメニューも本当に美味しかったです。
We had our last dinner of the trip with friends.
We went to a Chinese restaurant called Mei Lin, and all the dishes were really delicious.
Mei Lin https://www.meilin-fi.com/
