Cumulus Rauma

... in the show headed to the lounge to start warming up.

But people were already there.

A lot of people.

A lot of older people (nothing wrong with that!)

A lot of older Finnish people who had been drinking since that morning. Doing the polka. While singing karaoke.

What did we do?

We joined in of course! Hans (SD) sang Brown Eyed Girl, and Emilie (NE) and I sang Oops! I Did It Again by Britney Spears.

Definitely ...

... The coach journey was fairly non-eventful (but since Tianjin they all seem to be) and we reached the stadium around 6.30pm. Our coach had been decked out with flags from various people on board, so we were an easy bunch to spot. The other coach looked fairly plain in comparison, without a flag in sight from where I was sitting.
We all shared the various mathematical calculations for 'what happens if...' for all scoreline possibilities, and we were all ...

Matkustus tapahtuu aina itsekkäistä syistä. Niin tälläkin kertaa. Nyt lähdetään juhlimaan Memmun kolmekymppisiä Ilarin ja Memmun tyyliin. Rinkan, passin ja hammasharjan lisäksi varustelistalla :

2 x Housut
2 x Alushousut
2 x Sukat
2 x T-Paita
1 x Huppari
1 x Puolen metrin rauta kettinki

Eiköhän näillä pärjätä...

"A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving." ~Lao Tzu

Allo!
I'm in the A lands now finally. I'm actually not in Mariehamn (main port), I'm on Kiruna which is a lot further from everything than I realised (won't even register on this travel sight). I took the 6 hour ferry from Turku. Arrived in Mariehamn and spent two hours there waiting for a bus which would be the next leg of the journey to my hostel. It arrived and it took an hour before it reached Hummelvik (tip of the main ...

... the city, taking advantage of the river between 2 lakes, with riverside walks, flower baskets, turning brick ex-mill buildings into pubs & shops & ... We were walking through one little tunnel & I spotted what was unmistakably a craft co-op shop. David said I must have a nose for it - we didn't buy anything but it was nice to look. Eventually we made our way to the Lenin museum - located in the Workers Hall where Lenin & Stalin first met at a conference in 1905. Lenin ...

... 1073;ом))Здесь нас ждал паром до Стокг 86;льма)

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We arrived in Turku on the bus. The beautiful port city with a central street, the castle and the quay, which is more like a museum ship in the open air))
Here is the ferry to Stockholm was waiting for us)