::nature::

 just last week, your client took you to suomenlinna island and this week she invited you to go out again.  you still haven't figure out the stereotype of finns who usually really cool and distant at the start but now growing warm and open to you.  you're thankful for that or else you will never have the chance to have a glimpse of the finnish lifestyle in the summer.

at the seaside, just within the vicinity of the city, this place has a lot of quack quack, honestly you're not sure if they are duck or goose but surely both produce the quack quack noise.

 and they are plentiful at the park or the seaside just opposite the street

 and funny to see how these quack quack cross the pedestrian zebra line in an orderly manner.  and you noticed almost all of them cross the street on the pedestrian and cars will have to stop and wait for them to cross the street leisurely... it's quite phenomenal

 the weather is cloudy, cold in fact at the temperature of 15c but feel colder because helsinki is bombarded by the wind from the north...

 still you opt for the terrace sitting, though it's cold and cloudy, the breeze is quite refreshing. you ordered a caviar roe cake at cafe ursula.  it's a savory cake made of salmon roe, bread and cream cheese. a calories bom for sure but good to keep you warm, and fuel for the walk you will take after the coffee.  you actually like this cake, not fishy and in fact the roe popping in your mouth is rather sensational... it's probably better to wash down with a glass of white wine but you still have a few more days of alcohol free day to go...

 meantime the bird(s) are waiting to attack my leftover... you can't say it's annoying to chase the birds away from your table from time to time, in fact you quite enjoy the interaction with the birds... feeling very close to nature

and at the end you decided to let the bird eats eat your leftover cream, even the bird knows it's the roe to pick :)

loving the summer in finland, even on a not so summery day. you're not sure if you will be back again in august before your summer vacation... even if you're not back before september, you're still thankful for such a wonderful scandinavian experience you had so far...