Summer -- time

We will be moving our clocks up tonight, and this is called summer time. Not to be confused with summertime, as we had a true blizzard this past week and I was late for class for the first time due to transit problems, which is not bad after a full winter. Today is warm and sunny despite the snow.
While we are often on the metro, we really do enjoy the quiet and cute trams here in Helsinki. These pictures are of the #8 which is the tram in our neighborhood.
They give such a good sense of the neighborhoods they travel through, given their slower speed, and they feel a little timeless in a way.


Daylight update - we are speeding ahead now with much longer days, gaining over five minutes a day with a half hour more of daylight than Michigan now, heading for that June midnight sun.

Below is a picture of a schooner, the Kathrina, that is docked by the central market these days. It has a cafe aboard but we haven't tried it yet. I was quite surprised to read the engine specifications - small world!