this time to Finland as part of the Kiasma Festival.
We performed at Espoo City Theatre on October 11th and 12th.
Our first day after our tech they booked us on a little bus tour where we saw a monument to composer Jean Sibelius and Temppeliaukio Kirkko (Rock Church) that was created out from a rocky outcrop that rose about 40 feet above street level, and had it's walls blasted out the from the inside.
Although we stayed and performed in Espoo, nights were spent with the Kiasma staff in Helsinki, eating good food and drinking, at a couple of bars owned by the The Brothers Karamazov and then going to a bar that used to be a haunt of Hanoi Rocks!!!
The final day we went down to the harbor to see the last day of the Long Boat Festival and catch the end of the outdoor farmers market for the season.
Shawn and I decided to good to Suomenlinna, the large fort in the harbor, on this very cold, and rainy day.
The island fort was eerily empty as the rain and wind swept across it. And we soon felt as if we were in the middle of some weird horror movie (werewolf I think).
Somehow we made it out back for one last good dinner and the sad end to a wonderful tour. This was truly one of the greatest experiences of my life!
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