Hotel Holiday Inn Helsinki

... the hostel. I took the tram in the city. First stop was at the Market, wh**e I ate a really fresh and delicious salmon sandwich. Aft** the lunch I decided to go to an icehockey game. I found the stadium really fast and was early enough th**e to catch a ticket. HIFK vs. Lukko was playing. I thought about betting on this game, but was to lazy to do it. Anyway I paid 26 € for a seat 20 m above, just und** the roof, but I must say it was nice. You could see the whole ...

... stopping for a second thought. I know those things are understandable, I mean, most people have the ability to do anything they want to do in the exact way they want, without having to explain why to anyone else, and we don't know what it means to lose that ability. Most people can try to do whatever they want, even if it seems impossible to someone else (they might just be wrong!), and we don't know what it means to lose that freedom. Most people have immediate ...

... walking. I also got to see some of the Finnish army boys playing songs, mainly in English. They were really good! I also went to Suomenlinna yesterday for a few hours, it was pretty cool. The ferry ride was also pretty. Went to the fish market and bought some stone fruit and noticed that about five stalls sold real fur! They still had there heads on! I don't know what the attraction ...

... few souvenirs for the people at home.<br><br>From the market we went to see the Russian orthodox church, right next to the market, and then walked along the harbour for private boats, then into the botanical gardens and back to the hotel.<br><br>All this we accomplished in about 5 hours...<br><br>For dinner we went to a restaurant called Savotta, serving finnish cousin. It was very very good. We had reindeer filet and elk sausages ...

... Ensimmäinen ajatus oli pamauttaa suoraan lipputoimistoon ja hakee liput ihan mihin vaan. Oli onneks juhannus aatto ja oltiin saatu kutsu Askolaan juhlimaan juhannusta. Faija oli kentällä vastassa ja päästiin himaan nopeasti katsomaan koiria. Mini (se vanhempi 10vee) murisi ovella ja Muru ( kohta 8 vee) oli ihan ku ennenkin. Muuten olo oli ku katselis itseään jotenki ulkopuolelta tai et kaikki ois jotain unta. Mut ku illalla päästiin moikkaamaan frendejä Askolaan ja ...

Tax Free shop visit is over. Results: 3 packs of beef jerky, Lacoste deodorant, mineral make-up powder and a bottle of red wine with bicycle on it's label. Now we're sitting and enjoying the spectacular sea view. The day is sunny and warm, and there're no waves in sight.<br>

... enthusiastically assured me that it was fine to go outside...!) got a city map, stored my cabin luggage, and checked into my British Airways flight from Bangkok to Sydney satisfied that I'd secured seat 57H, a window seat in a pair (ie. not in a group of 3). Before venturing outside, I put on my long johns under my boots and jeans, and donned my scarf and gloves. There was a convenient bus service which operated from the airport to the city, much like the ...

... they all hang out. It was all here--outrageous fashion, moustaches, thick glasses. People seemed a bit introverted, but they were Finnish after all. Actually the place seemed a bit more inclusive then any similar place in America (not that there are many like this). The show itself, after getting underway two hours late, was really interesting. The first band was Islaja, a sort of ambient duo who used a lot of loops and operatic vocals, but who ...

... of friends' relatives, of friends of friends, but so what? Random people are dying all the time, you can't notice everyone's death, you just notice those who stay if they are sad. I was expecting someone to die, not soon hopefully, but I knew it would happen that someone would while I would be far away, I always thought about it, half dreading, half preparing for the occurrence. But you can't be prepared, you can't - I didn't know how to react, I was in the middle ...

... a smaller scale. Pretty port area with lovely old buildings and churches centered around an open air market selling seasonal fruit (mostly berries - raspberries, lingon berries, and several kinds of currents) as well as touristy items like t-shirts, fur hats, leather purses, etc. After a stop at the tourist office to learn where we could get Finnish food, i.e. reindeer meat, we took off walking in search of the recommended ...