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| Keywords: project 365 project365 helsinki public statuary publicstatuary sibelius monument sibeliusmonument sibelius blue blue sky bluebluesky I think that this trip has been a bit different, as whilst Laura will always - rightly - call Helsinki home, she is now resident officially in another country. This means that this was a holiday trip and we could do touristy stuff! :D Ask anyone in the UK to name a famous Finn who isn't a motorsport driver and they'll struggle. Better informed Liverpool fans might offer Sami Hyypia, but only after a struggle. Given enough prompting though, most people might have a dim and distant association between Sibelius and Finland. Today we visited the Sibelius Monument, which is a huge sculpture of lots of tubular bells. Laura tells me that it caused controversy when unveiled in the sixties as it wasn't a statue of him. I think this is far better. A statue would be nice, but nobody would go to visit it. This monument however got two busloads of Japanese tourists just in the short time we were there. And check out that deep blue sky - that was just for underthesun to ease her transition from Greece :D I think that this trip has been a bit different, as whilst Laura will always - rightly - call Helsinki home, she is now resident officially in another country. This means that this was a holiday trip and we could do touristy stuff! :D Ask anyone in the UK to name a famous Finn who isn't a motorsport driver and they'll struggle. Better informed Liverpool fans might offer Sami Hyypia, but only after a struggle. Given enough prompting though, most people might have a dim and distant association between Sibelius and Finland. Today we visited the Sibelius Monument, which is a huge sculpture of lots of tubular bells. Laura tells me that it caused controversy when unveiled in the sixties as it wasn't a statue of him. I think this is far better. A statue would be nice, but nobody would go to visit it. This monument however got two busloads of Japanese tourists just in the short time we were there. And check out that deep blue sky - that was just for underthesun to ease her transition from Greece :D | ||||
