Wednesday, August 10

Esplanaadi, 15:15
I spent the morning walking, answering emails, and preparing this Friday’s podcast. Just before 13:00 I shut the computer down and checked the price of cables on my iPad. As I suspected I could order the cable I want from Amazon at about one third of the price I would pay in Helsinki, including the delivery charge.
I abandoned my trip to Gigantti and, inspired by my visit last week, I headed for the centre to look at the tourists.
I stop at the Church of Burger King for a plant-based Big King and notice that most burgers on the menu come as meat or plant-based alternatives. Good, I say.
I walk down to Esplanaadi and take some photographs. The entire centre seems full of brightly clothed people talking in a cacophony of different languages and accents.