Cafe Regatta, Helsinki

After I had returned a borrowed utility tool, I rushed back home for a late breakfast. But the sun was already up and shining, and my route took me past one of my favorite spots on the Helsinki shoreline. I just spun my car around at the next street corner and paid a visit.

Cafe Regatta may strike you as something that feels overly puny in an intended way. Get on board and you will soon enjoy its unique collection of good vibes, grandma's attic decor, with a great sea view. It's set in the tiny red cottage and spreads outside as a terrace with open fire. Free coffee refill is the deal here, plus a bit extra!

The fireplace played Tapio Rautavaara's man and guitar stuff at the time. When I approached the cabin's door, someone inside, behind the counter spotted me and pulled a string to open the door for me.

Planning almost done

Oh lord. Winter is somewhere there lurking about the mid December and drooling all over Scandinavia. All those ill-motivated black clad office workers, in their hatchbacks holding their coffee thermos waiting for the traffic lights go green. 

And when the lights change, the shade of green is about as inspiring as is the whiteboard ink one will hold in hand approximately 37 minutes later. 

Gearing up

Pulling together my tools and skills. Never done blogging before. Going with a point-and-shoot, iPad, Nokia 100.