Day 2: Espoo

A cool, rainy day here in Finland but we don't mind!  We left our hotel near Helsinki airport this morning and took a cab to Espoo.  Espoo is considered a suburb of Helsinki but boy, is it big and spread out!  We are staying at Hotel Glo, which is very nice with free internet!  woohoo!  We explored the area a bit this afternoon and then braved the train system (ALL IN FINNISH!!) to visit the outskirts of Espoo. We walked around a pretty part of town and then visited a medieval cathedral ( Espoon tuomiokirkko).  This church dates back to late 15th century.  There was some sort of service going on while we were there so we did not go inside.  We explored the grounds and the very large graveyard. There is an education museum in this part of Espoo that is only open on Tuesdays so we plan on going back to visit that and also to see if we can visit inside the cathedral.

Tomorrow's a big day!  We get to visit our first school.  A taxi will pick us up at 8:30.  We hope to spend a few hours talking with them and getting to tour their school.

Looking forward to tomorrow!  :)

The grounds

 Espoon tuomiokirkko