After the cathedral, I went to the market. Before that, there's one photo of the cathedral I took from the 'guesthouse' side, so let's look at this one first.
Hmm, you can see roads and buildings below... but I can't quite remember exactly where this spot was. I could probably find out precisely where if I searched the geotag, but even then I wouldn't remember it. Anyway, the point is to show you that there's no large building in Helsinki sitting as high up as 'Helsinki Cathedral.' In most European cities, it's quite hard to find 'tall buildings.' In Paris too, the 'Eiffel Tower' is an enormously tall building, which is why you can see it from anywhere in the city, and in Cologne the 'Cologne Cathedral' is the tallest building, so you can see it from everywhere. Paris even goes so far as to match the design between buildings under strict urban planning, but it's fascinating that other cities are relatively consistent even without doing that. 'Tall buildings' definitely feel more beautiful when there are just a few of them in a city.
This is the market I came across after leaving the cathedral and walking straight toward the seaside. Its name is shown in the photo below.
Gamla Saluhallen. Hmm, does 'Gamla' mean 'street'? I'm not exactly sure. I've seen the place name 'Gamla Stan' before... (in Stockholm), so it might be related... Saluhall(en) is also a place name I saw last time, right? It seems Saluhall does mean market. Judging by how it keeps appearing. It says it's only open and operating from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Well, but these 'opening hours' are when the building is open; the actual shops sometimes open and sometimes don't.
This is interior photo 1. They run the 'market' interior partitioned off like this, and since it's all housed within 'one building,' managing this building seems to mean managing the 'market.' Like the covered arcade of Yangdong Market in Gwangju. When a market gets too big, there are more unauthorized stalls, it's harder to manage, harder to collect taxes (since taxes are collected from the licensed merchants), and it's difficult for the person in charge of the market to oversee the whole thing. But Northern European cities keep their markets in the form of all the vendors moving into 'one large building,' which gives a relatively clean and organized impression. The inside really was clean too... and the impression was good. If you look closely, on the left there's a place where people are sitting and eating + a place where people are lining up and waiting. I heard that spot is incredibly delicious, but I didn't go. I was more looking forward to the food I'd cook myself.
These are the desserts of a certain 'dessert shop' I photographed inside the market. The bottom looks like chocolate... the middle has cookies, chocolate, and so on... Ah, Europe really is dessert heaven. Wherever you go, they sell desserts relatively cheaper than in Korea... no, that's not right. They're not necessarily cheap. But the variety is greater and they do look more appetizing. I eat cake but I don't really eat desserts much, so I just captured them in a photo and moved on. If I ever go with someone who loves desserts, I'd be the one doing the talking. I probably wouldn't eat any. And so I headed back to the guesthouse and finally started cooking! Today's menu is curry pasta.
I used 'pork belly' for the pork, and it's a very healthy dish with bok choy, mushrooms, paprika, carrots, and onions... As you'd know, you stir-fry the 'meat' first, then stir-fry it together with the chopped 'vegetables' while boiling the 'noodles,' and once the noodles are done you stir them in with the vegetables and add the curry sauce. I didn't make the curry sauce that day; I just bought curry paste from the market, and I used Korma. Totally satisfied! (since I love Korma) I ate until I was stuffed, and the first day's schedule came to an end..
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