Sunday 31 May 2015

Catching up with a dear friend from Berlin...

Another visit from Germany? Well, almost. This meeting already took place in the beginning of April 2015, during the Easter weekend, at "Hotel Scandic Julia" which is located in the centre of our hometown Turku / Finland... 



It was a very lovely evening, and today, the dear friend from Berlin shared a picture taken by me on the "Official Michael Monroe Street Team Germany" page on facebook (for which she is working as one of the administrators) and on the "German Michael Monroe Fanpage" on Instagram (for which she is working as the only administrator)... 


   
The picture was taken in April 2015, in the main library here in Turku. Probably the most rocking library in the world... ;o) 

   
Already in January 2015, she shared my picture from Michael Monroe's signing session at "Suomalainen Kirjakauppa" in Turku...


   
It's nice to see how much such snapshots are appreciated by his fans, and if you want to stay up-to-date regarding Michael Monroe, just give the mentioned pages a "like" or a "follow"...


Sunday 17 May 2015

Besök från Hamburg

This week, a dear friend from my native city Hamburg / Germany was visiting us here in Turku / Finland. It was her very first stay in Turku, and since Turku doesn't have an adequate nightlife for rock fans to offer, we focused more on sightseeing during the day and visiting cafés - because for this, the beautiful city of Turku is just perfect. 

I decided to share some of my snapshots from our sightseeing tour here on BlogSpot... I hope you enjoy it! :o)


A well in the nearby Garrison Park [in Finnish: Kasarmin puisto / in Swedish: Kasernparken]... 


 
... and the "Drummers From Pori" sculpture in the very same park, 
designed by Niilo Savia


On the way to the Turku Cathedral [in Finnish: Turun tuomiokirkko / in Swedish: Åbo domkyrka]


The fishtail fountain sculpture "Harmonia" [in Swedish: "Harmoni"], designed by Achim Kühn 


The star of Michael Monroe (Hanoi Rocks) on the "Walk Of Fame" which is located 
at Veistämönaukio [in Swedish: Varvsplan]


The Turku Castle [in Finnish: Turun linna / in Swedish: Åbo slott


And the Turku Castle, seen from the port of Turku


And last but not least: The Åbo flower sign




Friday 15 May 2015

Tack för alla fina gratulationer och presenter!

Exactly three months have passed since my last blogpost, and I will spare you the usual "lack of time" part...

This is certainly a very exciting time for us: We got engaged, have other big projects "in the making" and so on and so forth. Interestingly, just a few days before the marriage proposal, I started to pack away most things from my days in Helsinki / Finland. From my native city Hamburg / Germany, I have even less items left these days. Well, this is how it goes when one has lived the life of a Rock'n'Roll wanderer for years... ;o) Those were the wild, restless days, and as much as I love to have all those beautiful memories in my heart, my life went on around three years ago when I decided to settle down with my love here in Turku / Finland. And so it was simply time to kiss most of the souvenirs goodbye...  


And this was just the tip of the iceberg... ;o)

After the engagement, I became occupied with other things than re-organising our walk-in closet. Some of you might know what this was all about... ;o) 


By the way, if you are in need of a photography store in Turku, I can highly recommend "Kuva-Paijula" (Address: Hämeenkatu 1, 20500 Turku)... 


At the post office in the city centre of Turku, my breath was taken away by these postage stamps... 


I never expected to find postage stamps which would fit the occasion so perfectly. The stamps were designed and photographed by Ari Lakaniemi and Susanna Rumpu, and released in the year 2012 (Another fact which fits quite perfectly... ;o) ).

During the following weeks, we received phone calls, text messages, emails - and engagement greeting cards... 


We even got some "Förlovningspresenter" [Swedish for: "Engagement Gifts"]... 


Once again: Thank you all sooo much for all the congratulations and "förlovningspresenter"! ♥

From Turku with love, 
Stefanie