http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Finland en-us Mon, 09 Nov 09 17:42:18 +0000 Mon, 09 Nov 09 17:42:18 +0000 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 Weer even een update nu ik hier in Tampere zit Op dit moment zit ik even met Andy en Bjorn in het Omena hotel om wat nieuws naar het thuisfront te sturen. Het hotel is best bijzonder aangezien er geen staf aanwezig is. Bij binnenkomst krijg je een pincode waarmee je de gangen en de kamers in kan. Alleen 's middags komt een schoonmaker langs om de lege kamers schoon te maken dit houdt alles goed http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Pirkanmaa/Tampere/blog-448127.html Here I am again. I thought I change my weblog a little bit as it seems that nobody but my Mum and Steffy are actually reading it oh and HeXe she said she's reading it a little bit ... even if there are 6 subscribers.So I'm going to write in English AND in German as long as I do short entries. Long entries are going to be only in English.It snowed again the last 2 days but not as much as last we http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Lapland/Levi/blog-446573.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 Am 23.09.2009 habe ich Finnland in Richtung England verlassen. Es fiel mir recht schwer mich von diesem schnen und charaktervollen Land zu veabschieden aber ich freute mich auch auf die 4 Wochen Newcastle. Mit der Fhre fuhr ich von Helsinki nach Travemnde. In der Nhe von Bremen bernachtete ich in einem Hotel und fuhr am Freitag nach AmsterdamIJumden. Von dort nahm ich wieder eine Fhre und http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Southwest-Finland/Turku/blog-443451.html Eine kurze Zusammenfassung der Artikel bei Wikipedia fr evtl. Fehler wird daher keine Haftung bernommen. Die urzeitlichen Wurzen Finnlands sind noch nicht wirklich bekannt. Vermutlich fhren mehrere Einwanderungswellen vor und whrend der Eisenzeit aus verschiedenen Richtungen zur Einfhrung eine sesshaften Ackerbaukultur mit ergnzenden Jagdverhalten. Die indigenen Samen eine Jger un http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/blog-443448.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 As time goes bye so much happened that I'm not able to even write everything at once The official autuum training started and we train the dogs of course not with sledges but with Quads. There are 1420 dogs in front of a Quad and on top of the Quad we have a weight and we are two of us sitting on top of it. I'm working with Petra at the moment. She's working here since 3 years and she's from http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Lapland/Levi/blog-443164.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 So here I go again from Finish Lappland. So much happened that Irsquom only going to write briefly about everything especially because I have only 9 fingers to type but later more.First of all my new mobile number is 358 40 3650042 and my address is Melanie KasueskeKurkkiomaa99300 MuonioFinlandIrsquom always happy to get some postcardsletters while up here.I only have internet every now http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Lapland/blog-437824.html What a Place Second trip to Levi for some winter sports. Great place but get ready for some cold weather. 25 or there abouts each day makes day to day things tuff. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Lapland/Levi/blog-437658.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 WEDNESDAY 9 SEPTEMBERVery early start this morning with breakfast at 6am and departure at 630am. Meant that I was up at 5am to shower before the crowds. The wind at breakfast nearly blew the cook tent away. First stop was at 830am which was still in Norway to get rid of any coins that we wouldnrsquot be able to exchange. After that it was about half an hour until the lsquoborderrsquo cross http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/blog-436243.html