Mi experiencia educativa en Finlandia

Few days ago my friend Amelia came to visit me and we took the chance to visit some nice places. Also the weather was amazing so we couldn't skip a stopover in Lahti. It's very easy to get there; there are trains form Helsinki Railway Station (Rautatientori) almost each 30 minutes (some of them are these "pendolino" fast train, so it takes just 1hour to get there) and the student price is around 8€ one way ticket (10€ if it is a "pendolino") I have had already been there, for the winter games last March but obviously it was all frozen and completely different from what we saw last week. So in today's post I leave you a couple of shots of the very nice walk we had from the Railway Station to the harbor and then back to Helsinki. Hope you enjoy them!!! Helsinki train station Park on the way to the harbour Lahti Harbour   Summer sauna. From Wood Program people Repetitive elements on the harbor. Be maths my friend. Explaining some bull...

As I told you on the post before, last weekend we went to Lahti. On Sunday morning, after a very nice breakfast (thanks once more, Aura) we visited The Church of the Cross, by Alvar Aalto. The church, also known as "Ristinkirko", is located in Kirkkokatu 4, in the centre of Lahti, easily reachable. Lahti has always have a wooden church in that location, but it was demolished by the year 1977 and there are still people nostalgic for it. Alvar Aalto designed the Church of the Cross and positioned it under the trees that used to shade the old wooden church on the top of the hill. The branches let light into the church throughout the course of the day creating an unique atmosphere. If you stand by the facade of the windows shaping a cross, you'll see the town hall in front of you. It is open from Monday to Friday 9-18 and Saturday-Sunday 10-15 I warmly recommend to all Lahti visitors have at least a glance to the indoor space, very characteristic of Aalto'...

After an amazing weekend in Lahti, I can only recommend next year students to travel around Finland as far as they can, trying to know when these nordics events take part and being part of the Finnish culture, so there you can find the real finnish soul. Taking advantage that the ski games were gonna take part this weekend (from Friday to Sunday) we checked the trains form Helsinki to Lahti and did a short excursion there. Luckily, we have a friend whose mother lives there and she hosted us (thanks you a lot Aura!!!) It was a very nice weekend, with typical nordic sports, the common cold, and a beautiful city to discover also in the summer. Nuk enjoying the way But those who ignore it, Lahti is a city located on the way North from Helsinki, take around 1hour to get there from Central Station and the student price of the one-way ticket is 7,40€. Lahti in finnish means Bay, the city is located on the southern edge of the lake Päijänne, the second largest lake in Fi...