Porvoo, part 2

Whenever I look at the set of Porvoo pictures in my computer, I want to flee away. There are many of them, as same as others sets of pictures lying around in the hard disk driver. They want me to get them out of there, to show them to other people, any of them; but my laziness and procrastination have postponed this action so many times.

Porvoo is a small town 50km far away from Helsinki. Because it places in the southern coast of Finland, those houses lay beautifully near to the water. The red brick wooden houses reflect to the emerald green river, it makes the scene so much country side, peaceful and romantic. Most of people  speak Swedish there and the town has a very Swedish style. That explains why when I came here, I felt like I'm in a little corner of Stockholm.

Porvoo shop

          



Dry bunch of flower





Little cute things







My favorite flower hydrangea and the other flowers I don't know the names



           



         
            

Graceful flowers on the street



Helmi cafe.

I didn't see the sign that not allow to take the pictures outside the door, so I went there and took a lot of pictures until the owner tried to stop me. She asked whether I took for myself or to sell. I wish I can sell, baby :D. Lucky me, if I saw the sign from the beginning, I don't know whether I would take those lovely pics from the place or not. But deep down in my heart, I knew the answer already =)). Everything in the cafe is so photogenic, and I am photomaniac.









Berries cake. Super delicious, I'm even drooling when I write these lines.



           





Mango cheesecake, heavenly!

Porvoo_ last summer, part 1

          







           

Experience with Starbucks coffee

I am a coffee person, I drink coffee in the morning and it's like a ritual for me; my day wouldn't start without a cup of coffee. When we heard about the news that Starbucks will open its first store in Finland, we were all excited. Starbucks, the largest coffeehouse chain, has opened its stores in many countries, but it just opened in Finland last year.  

Once time, we took our friend to say good bye in Vantaa airport. That was in February 2012 and one of reasons behind it is because we thought the store was already opened, but sadly not yet. So we waited and waited, finally here came the stores later in May 2012, it satisfied our expectations. Now we have a cool place for a coffee in weekend with friends. In addition, I do like Starbucks's logo very much, green and artistic, and the coffee and tea packages are all pretty!