Holiday Inn Hotel Tampere

... to admit that it took some persuading (I think a chocolate bribe was needed, actually) to get me to jump in.
Being a suburban American type, I find freshwater lakes a little creepy but think nothing of jumping into a chlorinated cement square - go figure. Nicole, Veli and I continued our 'tradition' of game playing long into the night.

After being together for 10 days and not seeming to be fed up with each other yet, Nicole and Veli delivered me to a local bus that ...

Sorry for the lack of posts, my ipod (what I use to type these things) is in a semi-dead state right now and can't be repaired until I get home.

Lacey and I were headed to Pula, Croatia. However, normal flights from Finland to Croatia were about $1000+, so we found an el cheapo way of getting there through Ryanair. Meaning taking a bus to Tampere, flying to London ...

... he sure could carry a conversation. =) And I think he is like me, not the wild party Italian who heads down to Ibiza but someone who wants to explore and charter new grounds and to feel alive.
Then our room mate came in who is a Finnish who was staying to meet his wife. Reserved, he was more reticent but soon we had a good conversation among us and were poking fun and laughing at one another. I don't know but it was sure a ...

Lu wanted to know who had treated Tong to a mouthful of mud and, making use of Lightness Kung Fu * (* a type of kung fu that makes extra-fast running and super-human leaps possible.), he followed, the teacup still in his hand. The pace was fast, but the person he was following was not aware of his presence. runescape money
Lu's quarry had a slim figure and moved daintily, almost like a girl. They crossed a hill and an ink-black forest loomed ...

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... he'd probably be able to make a fortune selling his ticket to a desperate Finnish fan (rest assured, he didn't!). We felt underdressed next to all the guests in their fine dresses, boots, coats and suits, but Ari assured us that once the rock concert started that none of it would matter. Despite not understanding a word they sang, we all thoroughly enjoyed the concert, but were unable to last the distance to the post-11pm finish.

... Then we had to walk back over the river again, in pouring rain (& my umbrella kept blowing inside out). After a short time off we decided to go out to get some dinner. The place David had found from a guidebook turned out to be fully booked, and he hadn't brought the book so we didn't know about alternatives. And here's where my tiredness kicked in I suppose. Other fast food places didn't appeal to me if they were really empty or ... Oh any number of other reasons. In the end we ...

... then up before anyone else here, even Jay who had to leave for work. I even managed to borrow his work phone and called Optus. Finally after speaking to 2 non-English speaking persons, I finally got transferred to an Aussie, who after I told I was in Finland did his best to quickly find out what the problem with my International roaming was and got me contacted. I am now up and running with ...

Tervehdys! Täten julistan uuden matkablogini tulevaa reissua varten avatuksi. Kyseinen reissu alkaa siis 25.8 Helsingistä, josta hyppään kaverini Sannan kanssa Moskovan junaan ja sieltä edelleen Siperian ja Mongolian läpi Kiinaan. Kaakkois-Aasiaa on tämän jälkeen tarkoitus kierrellä tuonne joulukuun loppupuolelle asti. Kiinan jälkeen luvassa ovat ainakin alustavan suunnitelman mukaan Malesia, Vietnam, Laos, Kambodza, Thaimaa ja Intia. Odotus on mielet ...

... again really different from most churches I was used to seeing, a museum that showed how people lived there in the industrial times and the excellent art museum, with paintings from Akseli Gallen-Kallela (who I was told was some kind of Finnish hero) in many different styles, methods and subjects, some of them inspired by the Kalevala (no pictures allowed in the museum :( ). In the end I was loving everything about the city. My guidebook was right - Tampere does grow on you...