The EAA Meeting took place in Helsinki, Finland. In my last post I talked about the conference. In this one I’ll talk about the area.
Most of the faculty from Tilburg went to the EAA. We were trying to figure out some fun things to do together while we were there. One colleague pushed that we should see a soccer game. Yuck! I didn’t travel to Finland to see soccer!
So, I reached out to a friend from Finland. She gave a few recommendations. The top three things I saw were the Temppeliakion kirkko, Suomenlinna (island fortress and UNESCO world heritage site), and the Nuuksio national park. With that introduction, here come the pictures!
First, proof that I went to the conference 🙂I had a great time with my Tilburg colleagues! Temppeliakion kirkko: a church literally built out of a rock. I went sight-seeing with several PhD students. After I bought my ticket at the church (5 euros), I mentioned that the rest of the group were students and asked if they had a discount. They did! I had to fill out a form attesting to the fact that they were students, and then they all got in for free. There was a musical concert happening when we got there. It was weird. It was a flute and a piano. Both were improvising. Neither seemed to care what the other person was doing. It sounded like two completely unrelated songs. On the ferry to Suomenlinna Don’t mess with Finland!There were huge underground bunkers and storage areas at the island. I felt sort of like a hobbit going into them. My friend Christian exploring the tunnels that run through the walls around Suomenlinna. Me, Ajanee, Claudia, and Cardin (all from Tilburg) went on the EAA-organized nature walk at Nuuksio. I didn’t know they were going to do the nature walk when I signed up, but I was glad they did. We had a lot of fun! I took a selfie. Ajanee took a picture of me taking a selfie. Claudia added yet another layer. And Cardin got us all!They served us a nice dinner of salmon and vegetable soup.
Now for some miscellaneous pictures.
The EAA had a lot of snacks. Some were a little weird. This was a lactose free, gluten free cheesecake. I’m not sure what exactly was in it. Faith, hope, and charity sculpture consisting of an iron light pole, a ring, and an egg.Finnish train station. You know your journey is over when you hear “Finnish”.
Dutch Bentleys 