Holiday Inn Helsinki City-West

... and found one ..... he this is not difficult. This night I was listen to some finnish rock at the Virgin Oil Co pub. I paid 6 &#8364; for 3 bands. Th**e w**e ok. I paid also 5 &#8364; for a be**, it was ok. I would say the night was ...... ok, nothing special, but ok. <br>4th day (18.10.09)<br>Hey I'm a backpack** that means I'm still sleep at 11 am, like this day. Anyway aft** a hot show** I was on my way to Suomenlinna. This is a small island in front of Helsinki ...

... ago); and that the working schedule is unpredictable - when a day starts, I never know at what time I will be free from work, sometimes I don't even whether I'll have to work at all. These two things, together with the fact that I'm living in her house, combine to make me never feel really free, because I never know when she will need and call me. Of course I can go out, and then everything is fine, but I can't both be home and know I'm not working. That is what is ...

... Nice and sunny and not too cool. Can't understand why everyone is so rugged up! Especially for the Finnish who suffer from the bitter cold throughout winter. Can't do photos yet, computer is internet only. I will do so as soon as possible. C ya.<br>

... räkäsissä hostelleissa, asiallisissa bungaloweissa ja myöskin sika hienoissa hotelleissa. Rahaa meni överisti liikaa, mut ei tälläsen reissun arvoa voi mitata rahassa. Niin paljon on tullu nähtyä ja koettua, et kaikkee ei ees muista. Onneks on kohtuullinen määrä fotareita (lähes 6000), mistä voi zuumailla, mitä on tullu tehtyä ja nähtyä.<br><br>No, mikä oli paras paikka. "Ei voi sanoo" niinku on jo joku 100 kertaa tullu vastattua. Jokainen paikka ja maa on ...

... attractions. <br><br>First we decided to walk to the Senate Square to take a look at Helsinki Cathedreal, completed in 1842. It is an absoloutley gigantic building, bright while with pale green domes. It dominates the square, and the skyline. As you approach, climbing up a steep staircase from below, it gets seems to get bigger and bigger. The inside is a little plain, but the bare interior blends well with the impressive exterior. The walls ...

... so it would sortof double for lunch) and then filled up with like 4 bowls of cornflakes and toast. There are eggs and sausages there too, but I'm not a fan of cooked breakfast.<br><br>Checked into the Arthur Hotel and wow - it's surprising just how similar the room is to the one I stayed in at the EuroHostel, the only difference being that I'm paying more to be here (although we are closer to the train station so that we can leave first thing in the morning). When you ...

... the second row and had a respectable view. Approaching the centre of Helsinki, we drove past a completely frozen lake; it was so surreal... so white. <br><br>Once outside, I *really* felt the cold weather! Unfolding my map to get an idea of where I was and where I wanted to go wasn't as big a help as I'd anticipated. The road names were so long and complex and the street signs were almost invisible - tiny, tiny plaques stuck on building corners in two languages ...

Just got back from Finland yesterday and it was a great trip! I have never taking a cruise ship that you sleep on and we did this on the way to Helsinki. We departed from Stockholm harbor at around 4:30pm and arrived in Helsinki around 9:45 the next morning. This was a fun time getting to know all my fellow german travelers who joined me on the trip with Eija. Eija is the Finnish girl who was going home to see her family and offered to show a few of us around the city ...

... feel sadder? People around me here don't know about what happened there and go on acting just as before, and I am dragged along into acting just as before too, should I stop? Should I scream that nothing is as it used to be and that I can't go on as before? But I can, I can go on exactly as I always went, on a closer look nothing seems to have really changed at all... He used to be one of my role models for language usage, it was always so interesting to hear him speak ...

... way. We finally found the restaurant only to learn that it was not open for lunch. After referring to the map again we took off in the direction of the Tempeliaukio Church which Marilyn said was a must-see, hoping to find a place to eat (authentic Finnish food) on the way. We passed mid-eastern, Asian, American fast food but nothing that looked in the least Finnish. We gave up on reindeer meat but Joe said that we did not ...