"You can fly on the road to the mountain,
Or the track leading down to the beach.
You can go where you like.
Go left or go right,
It's you in the driver's seat."
- The Rolling Stones
We started this afternoon off with a trip to the Helsinki Tram Museum. While living in the city without a car, trams, buses, trains, and the metro are our only means of transportation other than foot. The boys enjoyed seeing the earliest tram dating back to 1900. All of the exhibits were roped off except for one car, allowing anyone to board, dream, pretend, and DRIVE!
For over an hour, Big and Little took turns 'driving' the tram. There were buttons, strings, levers, and wheels, all making their own unique music as the bells would ring, wipers wipe, or pedals push. Each would sit in the passenger seat as the tram "drove to Texas" or to "Santa's house." They would then exit the tram, say hi, and then jump back on to return to Finland.
We had a blast until I found Little driving the horse-drawn taxi from 1880...yes, this was a roped off exhibit! Needless to say, we immediately left as I was receiving the evil Finnish stare.
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