The previous night we boarded an overnight ferry from Stockholm to Turku. That day we only visited one building. The building we visited was the Villa Mairea by Alvar Aalto. We walked around the small town of Noormarkku. That night we stayed at a hostel in Jyväkyslä and experienced a traditional Finnish sauna. After sitting in the sauna, you run outside to the frozen lake and jump in through a hole in the ice.
frozen ocean . . . yikes!
hiking up the Villa Mairea
the entrance
Mairea's Studio
the backyard
a cute home in Noormarkku
the old paper factory
a barn in the countryside
I wish I was in finland! I cheered for them in the olympics (they got bronze in hockey woohoo!) did you get to follow the olympics at all? I think I've heard of that Aalto architect guy, but maybe not...did you actually jump into a frozen lake?! I've seen pictures of people doing that kind of stuff and it looks crazy.
ReplyDeleteyou got to see an alvar aalto!!! i'm jealous ...
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