This weekend Turku celebrates its glorious past by having a medieval market. This is in the same league as Night of Arts in Vasa or maybe something that Skansen would do. So beautiful and really family oriented.
Two guys get to beat the crap out of each other. When I first saw them they were hitting each other with swords, but then someone blew a horn and I thought the fight would end – but no, they just gave them even bigger weapons!!
The parents of the little girl on the left thought it would be funny to have a picture of her stuck in one of those medieval punish devices. It took some time though to get the picture right and as I was walking away I heard the girl say in a pitiful voice “äiti mä en pysty” something like “mother, I can’t do it”. Poor thing!
Johanna was there with me, but I think she left before I really started shopping…
They have hired actors to play out little scenes, love quarrels or convictions of criminals – and all the vendors are dressed in these “medieval” clothes! Besides a lot of handmade accessories and knick-knacks they also sell a lot of food. I had some roasted almonds and a very nice sausage (not served in a paper but in a cabbage leaf!). And I also bought some karjalan piirakat, 15 for 5 euros, that’s pretty cheap.
AND I bought two pairs of earrings and wanted to by a clay ikon – but by then I had already been to the vending machine twice so I though I could let it go…
Turku is really a beautiful city!
