Almost at the Finnish line
Trip Start
Jul 24, 2007
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Trip End
Jun 03, 2008
Where I stayed
Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
Monday, May 19, 2008
First impressions of Helsinki as we flew into Finn air, are that it is really clean, even the forests have been spruced up.
Arrived at our digs and everything was finntastic, thanks to the help of one of our LFC comreds, we will call him Q.
WOW, talk about expensive!!!!! just to give you an idea about how much things cost...........to spend a penny it costs one Euro!!! Everything is mega extortionate.
The locals are very friendly and always full of finn and support you through thick and finn.
To add to the list of strange things we have eaten on the trip I decided to go for some pan fried Rudolph!!! It was double deer............reindeer and flaming dear!! Reindeer is a locally reverred dish and comes mainly from Lapland (thats the place famous for Santa, not the dancers).
Apparently virtually every home in Finland has a sauna and it is THE traditional thing to do, so we decided we would give it a go as the hotel we stayed in is famous for its saunas. A TV series was filmed here where politicians and famous people discuss the issues of the day while in the sauna. We got one to ourselves and then you go into the communal plunge pool to cool down, after all the heat I was in like Finn. It was brill and probably the cleanest we have been on the whole trip.
It was great to visit but the bank balance is breathing a sigh of relief we are moving on.
Next stop: Ljubljana in Slovenia
Comments
Cant wait!!
Hi you 2
I dont feel as jealous anymore when I see yous in your fleecy jumpers and hats. Your coming back to the crap weather, not all sunshine and tans!! Its like a winter's day here.
That was a cracker about the plane flight....I nearly wet meself laughing! Im sure it wasnt funny at the time though.
Only 12 days to go.........yipeeeeeeee
Only 7 for me..........yipeeeeeeeeee
Enjoy Venice......its so romantic!!!
Ciao for now
Jan xoxoxo