Today was one of the best tourist days we've had. We boarded the train to Turku, Finland (about 2 hours southwest of Tampere). We then spent roughly 1.5 hours touring the Turku Castle, which was originally built on an island beginnin in the 1200s. It is no longer on an island . . . either the ground's been rising or the water's been receding. You be the judge. It was ruined by fire twice and was restored. We were able to see most of the castle, including a couple of churchs INSIDE the castle and the king and queen's rooms. There was also a museum that had rooms set up to show what it was like in the earlier days. In the museum, there was a Lego rendition of the castle.
After the castle, we walked along the river and took a quick ferry bridge to the other side. We then had lunch on a boat . . . very nice and relaxing. After a jaunt somewhat uphill, we jumped on the train to return to Tampere.
Dr. Fairweather shared that there was a movie playing at the movie theatre (in the old textile building) about Nazis who traveled to the dark side of the moon during World War II. It was created and produced by students/alumni of University of Tampere. It was done in English (or so we thought). Four of us (Marta, Kate, Vaughn, and I) went to see it tonight. The other main language was German (we should've known that). It was termed as a sci-fi, comedy, and action/adventure; and I would say it was all that and more. Hilarious! You should IMDb it. Only two more days in Tampere, although we are traveling to Jyvaskla tomorrow.
I'm loving reading about your adventure, Sheila! We visited Turku Castle when we were in Finland, but there was no Lego model back then :) Continue to enjoy ;)
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