I found out that you can actually get the traditional Chinese confection in Tampere also. According to Wikipedia, Mooncakes are traditionally eaten during Mid-Autumn Festival. I tasted quite many different mooncakes today and I found out that I certainly like those.
Monthly Archives: September 2006
Music
Nokia on the Rocks happening in the local pub. Bands formed by Nokia employees perform once in a while in the local pubs together.
Ice Hockey in Tampere
Local ice hockey game in Tampere between two local teams. Always an exciting event I guess.
Oriental beauty
Oriental beauty in details – flowers floating in the water. Those were brought to the room while it was empty. So they didn’t just bring chocolate to the room but also flowers. Very nice from them.
I think this describes the culture quite much – Chinese are very detailed persons when it concerns about beautiful things. You just have to visit any park or temple and you are able to see how all the little details are very well prepared and taken care of. It is sometimes the little details, which are important and I must say that at least the gardens are very beautiful in Shanghai.
City view
A view from Cloud 9, a cafe on top of the Grand Hyatt.
Subway
Subway approaching the station.
Swans
Boulevard
Boulevard next to the lake in the Century Park.
Sculpturing
There was upcoming international sculpturing and gardening competition coming up pretty soon. As you can see some of those works were already ready for the competition.
And some of those were almost ready.
Cycling
Cycling during the Sunday in the Century Park.
Okay, we Westerners always think that China is full of bicycles but it isn’t like that. Not at least in Shanghai. But there was plenty of bicycles for rent in Century Park and you were able to choose between tandems, ordinary bicycles and some more exotic versions such as this one, which is very perfect for couples. There was also versions for families, which would allow 4-5 people to bicycle together.