Back at Home Sweet Home Finland!

The title says it all: After living in Tromsø / Norway for four months, my love and I are back at Home Sweet Home Finland! ♥ 

The welcome couldn't have been more perfect as one of the first things we did in Turku / Finland was jumping on the boat to Stockholm / Sweden: The Michael Monroe Band was playing a show on Viking Line's cruiseferry "Viking Grace" on 19th December 2015. In fact, this cruise was the very first thing I took care of after it turned out that we are going to be back in Finland way earlier than expected... ;o) And this show of the Michael Monroe Band was quite special not least thanks to the fact that no-one less than Todd "Dammit" Kerns (Slash / Sin City Sinners) substituted for Steve Conte (who couldn't serve the guitar as usual due to joys of fatherhood). Prior to the mentioned show on "Viking Grace", the band had a signing session at the record store "Levykauppa Äx" in Turku. And prior to that, we took some snapshots while walking through our hometown Turku... I hope you enjoy the results! :o)

The "Drummers From Pori" sculpture in the Garrison Park

 

On the way to the Turku Cathedral 

The cobblestone pavement in front of the Turku Cathedral

The Christmas tree in front of the Turku Cathedral

Sign in front of the record store "Levykauppa Äx"

Todd "Dammit" Kerns and Michael Monroe during the signing session 

at the record store "Levykauppa Äx"

 

Michael Monroe during the signing session 

at the record store "Levykauppa Äx"

Michael Monroe and Todd "Dammit" Kerns during the show 

on Viking Line's cruiseferry "Viking Grace" 

 

Enjoying life on Viking Line's cruiseferry "Viking Grace" 
 

Trophies of the day: Poster (signed by the band), autograph card (signed by Michael Monroe), 

setlist from the show and a guitar pick of Todd "Dammit" Kerns