Turku, Finnland - day 2

On my second day in Turku, Finnland (Friday, 28 July) after I was finished at the library, I walked along the river bank up to the cathedral and then back down to Turku Castle. This stretch is really the heart of Turku and I didn't venture much beyound it during my time there. I first walked around the outside of the castle debating whether or not to pay the entrance fee to see the inside. Eventually I decided too and I'm really glad I did. It was really cool and actually took a long time to walk through.

After dinner that evening I again went to walk through the festival that was happening along the river bank. It was even more crowded this evening with more stuff going on. It seemed to be just a reason for high school aged kids (some looked really young) to drink in public. They had a few contest things (as fair in the US often do) and one was to try to ride a bike that had reverse steering. So when you turn to the left the wheel goes right, and visa versa. After watching people fail every time I had to try it. It was impossible and the only person I saw do it was the guy running the event (and he didn't do it very well). I had a nice cut on my leg to remind me of the effort.

The next morning (Saturday, 29 July) I woke up early to catch the train to Tampere, Finnland which ended up leaving an hour late because I was looking at the wrong time schedule!