Hotel Helmi Turku

... automatic hand towels (you know the roll of towel in a box on the wall that you pull round to dry your hands on - not the individual paper towels) which give you a whole 3 seconds to dry your hands on before rolling itself tightly back in, so you have to pull another section out in order to finish drying your hands. How annoying would that be if you have just had a shower in the cubicle with the shower attachment?

And on that note...
Big love
Sam & Lisa xx

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

Caught the train from Helsinki to Turku which only took about two hours. They have very nice trains. Easy city to navigate. I'm going to check out the harbour and book a spot on one of the ferries heading for ALands. Unfortunately I can't go today because the ferries only depart at 0815 and 2015. So I'm staying in Turku today which is fine because I forgot that I wanted to see the castle. Now I'm just waiting for the hostel to open so I can drop my bag off. It's getting lighter every day.

... is a medieval architectural museum. It is built around some early medieval buildings that are still being excavated. The excavations are of limited interest by themselves but the museum has done an exceptional job relating life during this period to those excavations. I could imagine being in the town.

My ferry for Stockholm leaves at 9 and I am supposed to be there 45 minutes early for check in. I go back to my hostel, grab my bag and decide ...

... wonderful! At the moment, aches and pains are gone. When we went downstairs to the sauna & pool area, we came to a central swimming pool then David turned to his door marked for males before I opened the female door. As he opened the door I caught sight of several naked males - I turned away quickly. Fortunately there was nobody else in the female sauna. There was a changing room first where I stripped off and wrapped in towel as best I could. Showered then went in ...

... it is absolutely huge & towers over the town & the river even today. The late sun was just beautiful on it & so I suggested we go inside & sit down there for a while. Rehearsals were just getting underway for a concert for later that evening, and the choir was magnificent. I contemplated getting tickets for the concert but David said we'd get much of the benefits as we looked around. We did video a little with our cameras - I'll be interested to know if the ...

I found Travel Pod after my trip to Northern Europe, but I thought I would just write here so that people know they can ask me if they have any questions about Finland. I studied in Turku Finland for a semester at Abo Akademi University. I lived 4km from the school and town, and the public transportation is what I used, it was not bad at all. I also had a few travels from Finland, that I will post in other blogs. Have fun on your travels and be sure to check in!

... 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)