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Europe » Finland February 20th 2006

kova pakkaus käynnissä.. huomenna tikkurilaan ja sieltä sitten keskiviikko aamuna lähdetään lenteleen. Matkareitti on Helsinki- Vienna- Kuala Lumpur- Sydney. Sydneyssä sitten 23.2 klo 16.60 paikallista aikaa eli joskus kasin aikoihin tätä aikaa... sit ku viel löytäs sieltä kotinsa, niin ois ihan jees! pitää kirjotella sitten lisää, kun pääsee perille! :)... read more

Europe » Finland » Uusimaa » Upinniemi January 29th 2006

I'm really not sure how to start writing this journal. Right now I'm in Finland, and due to my Finnish citizenship, doing 6 or so months National Service in the Finnish Navy. Yeah, I know, it sounds kind of random if I hadn't told you already. So yeah, I got here about 3 weeks ago. The trip took about 50 hours, I had to stay overnight in Darwin on the way, such a pain. I also managed to pick up a stomach bug and a case of diarrhea on the way though, I think it was from some water at Bangkok airport, but you never know. I spent the weekend at a friend's house in Riihimäki, about an hour drive north of Helsinki. It was great to have somewhere to recover and people that I knew ... read more
Elke's Hostel - Darwin
The local winter rally.
Toinen Kompponia

Europe » Finland » Uusimaa » Helsinki January 23rd 2006

Well, I've 'done' Finland, Aland Island and Sweden now, bringing the all time total visited to 78. Helsinki was absolutely 'Baltic', if you'll excuse the use of the word as an adjective. Nothing can prepare you for the sheer shocking blast of cold air as it freezes your nostrils when walking out of the airport entrance into -26 deg C! The Finnair bus from the airport to the railway station is cheap and quick (~5.50 euros - 30 minutes). If you want to go to the ferry terminals at the harbour a taxi from the railway station is also cheap (~7 Euros). The ferry trip from Helsinki to Stockholm on MV Gabriella was also cheap and was a real booze cruise. The fare for me was only about 150 euros for a double cabin and included ... read more

Europe » Finland » Uusimaa » Helsinki January 18th 2006

Noin, ilman suurempia kommelluksia pääsin jo Helsinki-Vantaalle asti. Vasta täällä saanut nyt ensimmäisiä rauhoittumisen ja pysähtymisen hetkiä, viime viikot ja päivät suhahti ohi kyllä samanlaisessa hujauksessa, kuin ensimmäinen kulaus aamun stressioluesta.. Huh, nyt kun vähän on jo aikaa miettiä, millainen hyppy tuntemattomaan tämä valinta tässä vaiheessa onkaan, iski pientä (tervettä) stressiä ja pelkoa tulevasta. Ja toisaalla mielen käsittelykyvyn tilasta taistelee myös vapauden, muutoksen ilon ja hyvän ajan odotuksen tunteet, joten hieman pyörällään päästä ollaan tässä vaiheessa. Tai sitten se onkin vain pelkkä väsymys aikaisesta herätyksestä. Ensimmäinen asia mikä tuli nyt heti alussa opittua itsestään on se, että kirjoittaminen on kyllä yllättävän hidasta ja työlästä, kun ei muutamaan vuoteen ole pahemmin tullut harjoiteltua, eli toisin sanoen nettiaika loppuu tähän. Sen halusi... read more

Europe » Finland December 23rd 2005

I spent a christmas in both Pori and Helsinki.... read more
Xmas food
snowman
dog cemetery

Europe » Finland » Uusimaa » Helsinki December 21st 2005

Dec 21, 2005 Helsinki temp: -13C to -4C Winter solstice… it all gets brighter from here on in. Helsinki was COLD and it flurried a wee bit on the last day which pleased me! I spent the first day walking around the city with the highlight being Suomenlinna. Suomenlinna is an island fortress that also now houses approximately 800 Helsinki residents. One needs to take a 15 minute ferry to access the islands which are pedestrian friendly, quite interesting and lovely. As you can see from the photos it was a very frosty day as the temperature hovered around -11C. It was beautifully serene and quiet as there were less than 2 dozen tourists milling about the islands. I can imagine it being packed in the summer and it was nice to have the place to ... read more
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Suomellina Island Fortress
Cold Canons

Europe » Finland » Uusimaa » Helsinki September 12th 2005

Hi All.. So Helsinki.. the ferry ride was a lot of fun.. There were these 6 or 7 guys all wearing blond wigs, 3 of them were in Superman costumes and I mean full on superman costumes.. never did find out what that was all about.. maybe a stag. The ferry is just a big party.. met 2 guys named Hake.. they were hilarious.. Helsinki is a lot like Stockholm as it is a city on serveral islands. I went to all the usual tourist places.. catherdrals, museums, squares. There is a market every day selling a little bit of everything. The market was a great place to try a little bit of the local cuisine without committing to a huge reindeer steak or something.. haha My favorite place was an Island Fortress called Suomenlinna. Its ... read more

Europe » Finland September 3rd 2005

Just a really good day to lay on the roof of an abandoned building! To get to that roof we had to resort to... balancing on a board and pushing ourselves up through a hole on the ceiling. To get off the roof, a few hours later, we had to jump through a hole onto a pile of gravel on the floor below. To my pleasant surpise, my name had been written several times on one of the walls, which was great since no matter how much I want to write in one of those places, it goes against Urban Exploration principles. Vesanto is a TINY. We did stop at the little... store/coffee shop for candy, where I got to "talk" with a local who thought I was a seasonal worker. I look like a Stawberry ... read more

Europe » Finland September 1st 2005

This... town/place thingy is where my stuff will be for a few months while I UE on the weekends. Looks like I'll be hanging out by the lake a lot. The other thing to do here: Go to Tampere. ... read more

Europe » Finland » Uusimaa » Helsinki August 17th 2005

to Finland Неужели в Финлядии нет народу! Такое чувство я испытывал впервые увидел Хельсинки. Все чисто, спокойно, как будьто люди в этом городе не живут. หลายคนเคยเล่าให้ฟังเรื่องฟินแลนด์ เงียบสงบ คนน้อย บางคนถึงขั้นพูดว่า "ถ้าแกไม่ไปฟินแลนด์ แกก้อไม่พลาดอะไรในชีวิตไปหรอกนะ" แต่หลังจากได้ไปเห็นมากับตาตัวเอง ก้อเห็นด้วยที่ว่า คนน้อย สงบ แต่ขาดอะไรในชีวิตไปแน่ๆถ้าไม่ได้มาเที่ยวฟินแลนด์ ... read more
tram of Helsinki
church of Turku
citizen of Finland




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