Holiday Club Eden Finland

Introduced to downtown with a drunk guy urinating in the middle of main street at 4PM alongside his patient friends....with the unsurprised locals passing by. Had a good time being shoved all over the place on a Saturday night in the chilly city with great nightlife. <br><br>So all you get here is a picture taken at 3AM or so, almost as bright as day.<br>

... I found in my Lonely Planet had yet to open for summer so I settled for Best Western at 70 Euro. <br><br>Dinner was dishes from the supermarket in Stockmann, the departmental store. I was actually looking for Grill or Pizza this time but a tour in the departmental store brought the wonderful surprise! I bought pasta, a big drumstick and, on the recommendation of the friendly lady behind the counter, some Finnish style veggie balls =). The meal was ...

Today we took a cruise through an archipelago of twenty thousand islands to Aland Finland. It was an early start so we had a huge buffet breakfast on board followed by another as much as you can eat lunch. The scenery is magnificent as well! There is free internet connection on board , handy, as we cannot access it out in the woods!!

Timmy (a small rodent-like animal) has been travelling with the GSE team from District 9570. Timmy, originally from the Rotary Club of Emerald Sunrise, travels with members of the club on holiday, and raises money for polio eradication projects. Timmy has had a great time ...

... had brought from Australia.... they did very well! After the meeting we had some free time at the guest house. From there, we were taken to Visavuori which is a museum at the family home of Emil Mikstrom who was a famous Finnish sculptor, and his grandson who was a very famous political satirical cartoonist. After looking through the family house and the sculptor's studio which were over one hundred years old, we headed to the Iitalla glass factory which is named after the very ...

... no longer used), graveyard and disused morgue, before going out for coffee. We were picked up and taken to Tampere to the revolving tower restaurant, the Ravintola Nasinneula, with Juhani and Petri from the Rotary club. It was a clear day with a spectacular view of the city and surrounding lakes, the first time we'd seen them unfrozen. We had a view that also took in the amusement park (including scary rides) far below. We were served a 6 course meal of ...

... eaten during the Labour Day weekend is Tippaleipa. It is a deep fried sweet made from flour, sugar and honey and dusted in icing sugar. By the time the Team met at Sibelius Hall to watch the Lahti Symphony Orchestra: Traditional May Day concert at 12:30pm, the celebrations in Lahti were in full swing. Many people of all ages like to wear their white graduation caps on May Day. The Team were very lucky to only be sitting about 8 rows from ...

... for wind generators can weigh up to thirty tonne. Later that morning, we visited the Alvar Aalto museum which is dedicated to the works of the a Finnish architect who designed numerous building, chairs and glassware during the mid 1900s. We then attended the Jyväskylä University where we were told about Nanoscience Centre which is the only one of its kind in Finland. The centre researches into nanotechnology which is used to ...

... Superior Double Room. Initially the reservation was for 10 nights but we later decided to shorten the planned stay by a couple of nights just to give us more room to plan the rest of the trip (we can always book extra nights in Seoul should we decide to stay there longer). (to be continued if I'm happy with this travel blog service...)

1. Weaving the Incantation 2. A Servant 3. Born From Fire 4. Towards and Against 5. The Smoke 6. Better Unborn 7. Veil of Sin (Ei ennen soitettu, ikinä) 8. Silver Bride 9. Two Moon 10. Cares 11. In the Beginning 12. Silent Waters 13. Alone ----- 14. The Way 15. House of Sleep 16. Black Winter Day