http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Uusimaa/Helsinki/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Finland , Uusimaa , Helsinki en-us Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:19:08 +0000 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:19:08 +0000 Immediately after entering Finland from Russia the bus conductor came around collecting boxes of cigarettes that everyone had bought in duty free there was clearly some kind of money making scheme going on He couldn't communicate with us otherwise I'm sure he would have tried to get us involved It did explain all the counting of passengers before we reached duty free making sure he got the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Uusimaa/Helsinki/blog-455833.html We went to the Prodigy on Thursday skipped school and stood for 10 hours infront of the concert hall. It was incredibly cold my whole body was shaking for 2 days but eventually the concert was worth every second of suffering. We got places in the first row which means we touched the band and the band threw water bottles at us and we were pretty wet when we left the concert.httpwww.youtube.c http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Uusimaa/Helsinki/blog-453089.html Kuusi yt lhtn. Matkasuunnitelma jotenkuten kasassa. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Uusimaa/Helsinki/blog-451760.html It was just amazing we sat in a pal 's house and had fun and suddenly Paloma ran in screaming First Snow and I had the best Snowballbattle of my LIFE by the way it was the most beautiful and snowy snow I ve ever seen. Unfortunatly I forgot my camera and so with sadness and physical pain I ve gotta tell you that I cannot share this evening with you. But on the next day I put my camera on a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Uusimaa/Helsinki/blog-450986.html Day 17 September 17 We woke up to clear skies and cool weather. At breakfast I tried smoked herring which tasted pretty good not good enough for a second helping but not too bad. We loaded up on meat bread jam eggs tomato yogurt fruit cereal and orange juice. No later fish burps made me regret my herring helping. We hopped on the 3 tram and arrived 25 minutes ahead of the scheduled http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Uusimaa/Helsinki/blog-446427.html I went to Tupovara with Markku for 4 days and we lived in a little cottage without electricity or clean water. We tried to shoot birds and to fish but in the end we left with just one little fish.It was cold and wet with fireplaces Sauna beer and grilled meat. It was like one of these Survival trips just without guardians or organized help so a Real Survival Trip. It was a great experience http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Uusimaa/Helsinki/blog-444379.html Day 16 September 16 We woke up to rain. The breakfast buffet tasted good but took second place to the Radisson in Stockholm. Umbrella in hand we marched out to the tram stop in front of the hotel and rode the circuit past residential areas parks the Olympic Stadium down town buildings and back to the train station where we departed to collect some information. The tourist information agen http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Uusimaa/Helsinki/blog-443307.html Day 15 September 15 After eating another colon clogging colossal breakfast and thanks to scouting yesterday we left at 8 am confident in reaching Arlanda Airport way ahead of time before our Stockholm Card expired. At the airport self check in we got our boarding passes for the changed flight at almost 2 pm. At the gate we saw stairs going up to the second floor where we parked all by ourselves http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Uusimaa/Helsinki/blog-443294.html MoiTerveisi HelsinkiVantaan lentoaseman loungesta. Otin tss pari lasia viini ja tultiin Olgan kanssa tietokoneille.Thn asti matka on mennyt hyvin. Outi tuli hakemaan meidt. Hain viel apteekista lkkeit ja ehdimme bussiin kohtalaisen hyvin olimme bussiasemalla 5 minuuttia ennen bussin lht.Ari http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Uusimaa/Helsinki/blog-442957.html It was Emmas Birthday and she invited a few dreinds we hang around at her place until midnight and then we went downtown to go clubbing but the door man wanted to see my I.D and unfortenatly it was at home so I had to leave http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Uusimaa/Helsinki/blog-440472.html Went on a ldquoCity Highlightsrdquo tour which ended in ldquoSenate Squarerdquo at the Lutheran Church which was as decorative and iconized as a catholic church. Part of the tour included a stop at the Temppeliaukio Kirkko Rock Church. Completed in 1952 it is built entirely underground and has a ceiling made of copper wire. The underground Rock Church is built inside of a massive bloc http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Uusimaa/Helsinki/blog-438490.html This Entry contains pictures of Downtown Helsinki and also of a little party at a friends place we went to town on Friday afternoon and I was shown around and then we went to a little sit in party and spent the night there it was a place called Laspo or something like that one hour away. We went there by train and when we arrived everybody there was totally wasted at round about 10 o clock. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Uusimaa/Helsinki/blog-437944.html Close your eyes for a just a minute and picture Scandinavia.Looks pretty fine doesnrsquot itIrsquom guessing we summoned our fair share of forests and fjords lakes and longboats saunas and snowclad slopes. And it really is all out there in this winter wonderland an area five times as large as Britain with less than half the population.So why is it do you think that hardly anyone ever g http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Uusimaa/Helsinki/blog-437829.html Uhhh i was planning to write about some health issues that i faced about a month before my scheduled departure but it got so god damn borging so i'll save you from the stupid whining and fast forward...Okay and here we go last day at work. There's a small storm of emotions inside of me and it's hard to keep my head together. Other side of me is scared of letting go of the routines of working http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Uusimaa/Helsinki/blog-436715.html Helsinki Vantaa airport 4pm Sat. 12 Sept.the man must be desperate to use a wee fee conn. wherever he can there is naturally a wee fee conn. at Vantaa or a couple of them to choose from. So a quick wee update. I obviously got to Tegel OK a bit late last night after doing me laundry first. I just had to check whether I had done the Vini e Libri culinary update which I obviously did la http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Uusimaa/Helsinki/blog-435931.html It was a rainy afternoon and over the thumb 30 High School students me included dressed up as a transvestite ran through the center of Helsinki followed by the eyes of thousands of laughing finnish people. You ask yourself why for gods sake they did these things and I ll tell youIt is a tradition in Finland that in the beginning of the first school term each of the older high school student http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Uusimaa/Helsinki/blog-432132.html Helsinki piv ennen lht.Luterilaiseen tyetiikkaan ja krsimykseen sopimattomalle matkalle lhteminen on herttnyt kanssaihmisiss monenlaisia kysymyksi. Vastausten koostamiseksi aioin naputella perinteisen rdquoUseimmin Kysytyt Kysymyksetrdquo patteriston. Yksi kummastus nousi kuitenkin yli muiden joten alla pari vastausta siihen Useimmin Kysyttyyn Kysymykseen Oletteko voittaneet lo http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Uusimaa/Helsinki/blog-431799.html We were in Samaddior something like that its very difficut to understand Finnish names round about 70 kilometres away from Helsinki. We went there by bus with the First year students and the second year students of our High School. We spent the night in the incredible beautiful finnish nature. Thquiet and thee place has an allmost magic aura and we shared a lot of fun. A short summaryWe arrive http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Uusimaa/Helsinki/blog-430257.html Helsinki churches me own pix. With drive access solved I can now bring you some of my own night shots of churches you have seen in broad daylight in the public domain so to speak http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Uusimaa/Helsinki/blog-429910.html We're in Helsinki nowFirst of all to our moms and dads yes we're ok ofwel alles is ok We just got off the plane and found some FREE wifi at the airport. This is how it's done Dusseldorf Anyway. We just saw there's some red line behind our scheduled flight to Bangkok but no further info. So we're hoping we can leave this evening. Otherwise I'm afraid we'll have to spend the night here at http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Uusimaa/Helsinki/blog-429000.html