Sunday, June 28, 2009

Hey ho, to the Medieval Market we go!

It's once again time for the Medieval Market here in Turku. I've gone to see it almost every year since I moved to Turku and it's all kinds of awesome.

making the finnish beer sahti the traditional way at the medieval market in turku This time Mr Morrgan and I went with friends - the more the merrier. The ladies went wild amongst ye olde market stands of all kinds, while the gentlemen seemed more at home at the "taverns", sampling the traditional Finnish beer sahti.

As a friend of fine beers, I had to try the drinks too though. In the first of these drinky places I preferred the honeyed mead, but in the second the sahti was excellent. This second place, advertising its drink with a guy shouting "there's not a more miserable sight than a thirsty person!", also demonstrated the different steps of of making sahti (pictured on the right here). This was the first time Mr Morrgan had tried sahti and I expect that any day now he will drag home some vats and juniper branches and start up his own sahti brewery.

wooden pendant Other handicrafts were both demonstrated and sold at the market, which was perfect for a crafty soul like me. I found a few things to take home too. I bought a wooden pendant from an Estonian lady and a really cool silver snake (or maybe dragon...?) ring from a Swedish lady.

silver snake ring The wooden pendant caught my eye with its stylized shape and was just too neat to pass by. More examples of the makers' work can be seen online.

The snake ring, which I had to name Edmund, was just perfect in that it's a more subtle design than the others I've seen. This one doesn't overdo it, plus I like the snake's little smile!

4 comments:

Kreativlink said...

Edmund indeed has a lovely smile :D

X by Leina Neima said...

Sounds like great day - and yes, Edmund is quite a charmer! ;)

LiPeony said...

ooo sounds like a neat place to be... juniper berry brewery hmm... the wooden charm and ring look awesome.. I was just looking at a new line of jewelry for some design and it was all snakes!

glasfaden said...

I don't like 'normal' beer, Sahti sounds yummy though :)
The pendant and Edmund are both sweet!

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