Serendipity ...

For my constitutional stroll on Sunday, I decided to turn right out of my building instead of left and ended up walking through Hakaniemi and then took a bridge over the railway line and ended up by a small kiosk selling coffee, five minutes before it closed at 7pm.

I found myself with a delightful view over Töölönlahti; the white building in the distance is the opera house.

It just goes to show that even in a big city such as Helsinki, you are never far away from nature here. I was listening to a Monty Python album as I sipped my coffee and enjoyed the view. Serendipitously, as I got up to leave and finish my walk, their Finland song began playing! It felt right, on a cold but bright(ish) autumn evening.