Day 29-32 Helsinki, Finland & Turku, Finland
So the rest of the trip was a lot of fun and was kind of sad to leave our bus family but I learned so much and it will be so nice to sleep in for a day!
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Where we stayed: Sokos Helsinki & Viking Line back
What I saw:
-Alvar Aalto's Studio
Wish I could of worked here, for Aalto
-Alvar Aalto's House
He worked from home as well and had a lot of fun spaces he incorporated. He even added a mini hideaway room for when guest came and he didn't want to talk to them :P
-Kiasma Modern Art Museum by Steven Holl
Very great interior design with a lot of dramatic and different light. But Andrew's guest Architect speaker said that the exterior looked like a piece of metal wrapped around a cow's head. Hmm.
-Academic Bookstore by Aalto
The skylights bring in most of the light into this space.
-The Rock Church
This church is crazy. It's embedded and built mainly from rocks. I wish I had a better picture of this space. Look this place up it's worth it.
-Myyrmaki Church by Juha Leiviska, Pekka Kivisalo
Beautiful inside and outside. Very light and airy feeling. The lighting inside made the place seem very serene and peaceful.
-Hvittrask by Herman Giselius, Armus Lindgren
Home of Eero Saarinen and his family/close friend.
-Paimio Sanatorium by Aalto
This hospital was designed specially for patients who suffered turburcolosis back when there was no medicinal cure or shots. Fresh air was the cure here. It was interesting but now only 15% of this large hospital is still in use. We walked around the huge building that had no people in it. It was kind of creepy!
-Harry Potter the Final Movie
Yeah it's important and going on this list.
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The last night on the ferry back to Sweden was a lot of fun. Out bus had bonded so much that we all went to the disco up on the deck together. We danced and just had a lot of fun. We had to enjoy out last weekend of fun before we all start on our final project. ick.
Shout-Outs: To my family, missing you all more than ever. Brittany Dick, Hope you are enjoying your internship! Alecia, hope your having a great summer, miss having our long chats together.
End of the Day thought: Need Sleeep.
:-D
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