HELSINKI, FINLAND - (September 2007) - (Friday 7th to Tuesday 11th September) - Fri 7th Sept - (St Petersburg) Once I’d arrived back in St Petersburg from Petrozavodsk, the first thing I did was arrange a train ticket out of Russia. Before coming to Russia I hadn’t really thought about how or where I would go after Russia. I had just assumed that I would head to Estonia and the Baltic countries before heading into Western Europe. However, on this trip I’d heard lots of good stories about Finland. Finland was a country I didn’t know a lot about and it had never occurred to me to go. However, hearing people talk about it and because it was so close to St Petersburg, I decided to go. After finally making the decision, the next thing to
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