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Tonight there was a free classical concert put on by the philharmonic orchestra in the park outside Tampere Talo, the city concert hall. We have made it a little bit of a tradition and have been there for the last 3 concerts and last year we celebrated @smallsteps' birthday there with friends. This year, it was with the family. 

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Most of the time the weather was beautiful, yet there was also a "spot of rain" while @momone and I went for hotdogs and we got absolutely drenched. However to our surprise, the hotdog stand was run by a South African ex-colleague of mine who is now in the sausage making business and, *they are fantastic sausages.* Finns love their sausage, it is just a pity that the local sausages they make are absolute rubbish - pre-cooked things with the skin of an old crocodile wrapped around them. Sausage lovers would be ashamed to take a second bite, no matter how hungry they were.

I had earlier told my father-in-law about these sausages and he was very skeptical, so we took him one to try. He then went back and ordered another two.  

Raining in the sunshine:
https://i.imgur.com/Gsn8BmN.jpg

The concert was conducted by a local "superstar" [Santtu-Matias Rouvali,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santtu-Matias_Rouvali) who has over the last few years shot into the spotlight and managed to attract large crowds back to classical music with his style and banter with the audience. There were thousands of people picnicking and enjoying the atmosphere there today. 

https://i.imgur.com/7G2n7vr.jpg

Including the in-laws:
https://i.imgur.com/2slumml.jpg

And daughter like father:
https://i.imgur.com/VRopC5d.jpg

I also was able to snap a couple good shots of @smallsteps with her Mummi and I think that one of these will be nice in a frame as a gift:
https://i.imgur.com/k2Gz4rs.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/riSkG2A.jpg

The park that we were in is called Sorsapuisto (Duck Park) and is a popular place to sunbath in the summer. My wife and I have also attended some impromptu salsa parties here that have begun late and ended later. It is a pretty place and when I lived close to it, I would spend some time here reading or drawing. 

https://i.imgur.com/zvnOLs2.jpg

But as always, the reason we really do anything these days is for @smallsteps and she loves her music. There is a video on my wife's phone of her trying her hand and conducting the orchestra with a straw, she needs some work but did a decent job. 

https://i.imgur.com/2eb7Kov.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/whSZ0vT.jpg

She is growing up so fast. 

https://i.imgur.com/YGFuehw.jpg

It was a decent evening out and I am glad that now we are able to take a few foods that travel well for @smallsteps' snacks, we are able to spend some longer periods of time out and about without as much worry about getting her fed in places without a microwave. Sitting in the park with the even sunshine listening to an orchestra is quite pleasant. As we were leaving, we could hear the Rammstein gig about a kilometer away warming up. Some people were going to both. 

I didn't know Rammstein still played.

Taraz
[ a Steem original ]

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