Despite my careful packing, planning and shopping, we managed to have a couple of wardrobe malfunctions as soon as we arrived. Our daughter's brand new jacket, only worn for a few weeks, wouldn't zip. My husband took one of the zipper pulls off and we used the other (it zipped up from the bottom and down from the top) and that seemed to work. Then it didn't. The zipper was stuck in the middle, and only worked when it wanted to. So today we were in a shop in The Market Place (indoor market with spices, fruits and veggies, clothing stores and a few bakeries) and we asked a lady in a clothing shop. She had a sewing machine there, so we were hopeful. Despite the fact that she didn't speak English and we don't speak Finnish, we mimed what we needed and she tried to help us. Finally she wrote an address and the name of a shop, showing us on a map where to go. Since it was only a few blocks away we went.
When there a lovely young lady looked at the zipper and told us it would take a few minutes and 5 Euros (~$7) to replace the zipper pull, and she did. We were thrilled. I do not know of a store back home that would be able to do that. Replace the zipper yes, at a cost that would not be worth doing. Finding a used jacket at a thrift store, sure.
Our other malfunction was a boot, the top was coming apart from the sole, so we took it to the little kiosk in the super market and for 10 euros and half an hour (done while you shop basically) it was done. Very cool.
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