Ideapark and Money

The brand new Ideapark in Lempäälä, near Tampere competes proudly in the same category as the Middle-European shopping malls for the right to be called "shopping hells".

Tuula, my hostess this week, foresaw money in everybody's New Year's tin shoes, which we melted into all kinds of shapes. According to the tradition, you can interpret the forms of the molten tin in the candle light and you can see into the future. As a memento, I bought a big Money-Tree for Tuula.
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Suomeksi: Lempäälässä on nyt todellinen keskieurooppalaiseen tasoon verrattava ostoshelvetti. En kuitenkaan ostanut nojatuolia tai sohvakalustoa.

Sen sijaan hommasin Tuulalle kiitokseksi ison rahapuun, joka toimii muistona myös uuden vuoden juhlista, joissa Tuula ennusti kaikille tinasta rahaa, riippumatta tinan muodosta.