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I went to the Helsinki City Museum last week and I really appreciated the artifacts and the paintings on display. I was on tour actually in Helsinki that day with my young sis, dad and mom. My young sis is what you call an art lover. There was one painting that caught her attention as we moved around the museum. It was a colorful reddish painting depicting a fire in Helsinki during that era. After our museum tour she also wanted to go to the gallery of Finnish architecture but then we didn’t have much time as we had this task of touring most tourist attractions in a day.

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We have been searching the city center for items our visitors wanted to carry back home as souvenirs of their trip in Finland. They already bought some but as we visited the shops at the 43rd Pori Jazz Festival venue, we found nice usable stuffs with Finland name on it. So those three times I visited the festival venue they were mostly for souvenir shopping with a bit of watching free open concerts at Jazzstreet Stage and walking along Jazz Street. There were a lot of items to shop here but our eyes were fixed on souvenir items.

- The first time our family walked at Jazz Street was with dad, young sis and baby Caite after a heavy Pizza buffet. It was a bright night time, a nice evening for walking. There was one shop selling Finland souvenirs so we bought some cap, t-shirt and moose magnets. There was also a shop selling Pori Jazz souvenirs but there was no Finland embedded on it so we didn’t purchase any. Had it included the name Finland we could have brought some small stuff…hehe.

- The second time I went to Jazz Street was to buy additional Finland cap my dad requested.

- And the third trip was with mom and two sisters. We went to the same shop we have been coming back for souvenirs. Obviously, the lady selling those items already recognized us so as we left her shop, she bade us goodbye with: ‘see you tomorrow!’ After visiting Jazz Street three times, no more tomorrow for me…

Finland caps and other souvenirs for sale

crocs can be purchased at 43rd Pori Jazz Festival, too

Most travelers have become photo and video enthusiasts, capturing as much as they can of their travel with the beautiful sights explored. After taking the shots, it would be nice to document travel photos or videos with some home craft ideas find online, in particular the digital scrapbooking. If you visit Mylifetime.com, you will learn that this multimedia company among their other services, offers travelers and general users with a great space to upload photos and videos, and ultimately share them with our family and friends in e-cards, slideshows and digital scrapbooks thru email, blog or in print. So actually, you are not limited to digital scrapbooking here. More so, you can add music and words to your photos and videos, plus select from among the hundreds of designs they provide. Creating great digital scrapbook and others is easy and free. Takes only 5 minutes!

The recently concluded 43rd Pori Jazz Festival organized during 12-20 July 2008 included 110 full concerts with 70 of them open to public for free. Pori Jazz is not an event for grown-ups only. Kids were encouraged to take part in this event. In fact, Pori Jazz Kids concerts and workshops were free. Pori Jazz 2008 sold a total of 66,000 tickets compared to last year’s 58,000 tickets. This might be due to the fact that among the many invited performers, the legendary Carlos Santana is present. His concert alone at Kirjurinluoto Arena held last Friday, 18th of July sold 34,000 tickets with all tickets sold out.

Here are some photos taken during this event and more coming up:

band performing at 43rd Pori Jazz Festival

people walking at Jazz Street lined with shops selling food, candies,
souvenirs, shoes, bags, and other items

When we go on a road trip, we sometimes carry with us devices or tools to make our travel more relaxing, comfortable and convenient. And much more, it would be very nice if these gadgets are designed with environmental awareness in mind. Products you might need while you’re on the go during the cold season would be a heated travel mug with adjustable temperature control from 85F to 160F or a cozy electric travel blanket made of fleece to keep you warm and can make your seat warmer. It’s not yet winter time but then again it’s better to shop ahead or if you live in colder regions then it’s time to have one. These products are 12v powered thus uses less energy than traditional electric gadgets and eventually saves you money. These eco-friendly products can be purchased online at EcoGeek Living. A functional and eco-friendly travel gadget, why not?