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Helsinki Bound!
I have been so excited for this part of the trip to begin, because now I actually get to travel around. I mean the last 4 weeks of school have been top notch, but I have never stayed in one place for so long while in Europe before I have been really antsy to get out of Jyvaskyla and explore!
On Sunday evening/ Monday morning Jamar, Jessica …
Helsinki
... and I both set off the alarm and had a full body pat down.
We made it to Helsinki but it took us forever to find our way out of the airport - felt like we were entering that Tom Hanks movie . Once we found our way out, the transportation to our hotel was easy. After check in we spent a few hours exploring Helsinki. My only request was to visit the site of the Helsinki Olympic ...
Helsinki - we score a decent latte at last!
... functional. On the one hand, you have to balance your toothbrush and razor on a toothpick to fit it all on the microscopic shelf, but on the other hand there is no power point. The shower bracket has two attachment points for the hand-held shower head. What is the point in having a shower attachment a metre off the floor - do these people shower on their knees, or what? Or am I missing something a bit more fundamental here.
I think this ...
Helsinki so me očarali
... in dva ogromna marmorna stebra ob straneh, svetloba, ki pada skozi okna glavne kupole z zvezdnatim nebom na vrhu.
No pa smo v pristanišču. Ob morju je pokrita tržnica. Tržnice so v mestih zanimive, vendar si jo pustim za pozneje. Ustavim se ob fontani. Kip prelepe deklice se mi zdi utesnjen med velikimi mestnimi hišami, čeprav na eni strani gleda proti morju. Tam so pisane tende odprte tržnice, senčniki in podobno, tako se ...
Day 7 - Helsinki
... St Petersburg is a popular ferry route.
We found some churches and watched a parade then walked a little more and back to the shuttle ship via an ice cream.
After a few hours in the spa we got ready for dinner which was the very nice Murano specialty restaurant, French style but an Italian theme apparently. High class food and good service but a cover charge of $80 plus the wine of course.
After dinner we saw the tail end of the show which was ...