Hotel Jahtihovi Kuopio

Blaah, vielä 2 viikkoa. Plan yksinkertaisuudessaan: Lento lähtee Helsingistä ma 30. päivä, seuraavana päivänä ollaan jo etelä-Amerikassa. Galapagossaaret, Macchu Picchu, Cotopaxi.. Paljon muitakin paikkoja, joista olisi tarkoitus yrittää kertoa jotain sitten tässä blogin tapaisessa, jotta reissusta jää jotain kirjallistakin muistiin.

... in Finland and thus being forced to retreat, I came across an offer for a flight to Baile Átha Cliath (a.k.a. Dublin) for one half of a coin. I had never considered going to Ireland, but I knew that if I were to retreat from Finland I would have to do so south-westwards, as language was my biggest barrier, and in that direction were the homelands of all languages I could speak. And I wanted to have a cheap route out of Finland, so I bought that ticket for ...

Exploring the town of Kuopio. A place with a hill large enough to house a ski jump! It appears Kuopio has hosted world championship ski jump competitions. Having never seen a ski jump, it was very impressive. We caught up with the brother of the friends we are visiting for lunch in Kuopio. The town hall looked cool, with a small market operating in the square opposite. From here, we made our way to the summer cottage.

... to have a lot of trees! And it is very green compared to back home in Australia. We also couldn't see any livestock in the paddocks we did see. Our friends have collected us from the train and taken them to their parent's place in Kuopio for the night. A lovely two bedroom apartment, with a view over the trees (did I mention the trees?) Tomorrow, with the big travel part behind us (for the moment) we start exploring!

Pas le d ecrire pour le moment qq attend pour utiliser le PC. Mais anectode... J etais dans un petit hostel a Kuopio. Dans ma chambre un St Gallois. Le soir je vais me brosser le dents et a se moment un tuyau d eau des WC pete ! L eau n arretait pas de venir avec pression dans la salle de bain. Impossible de ...

I went to the world biggest sauna in Kuopio, which is a huge traditional smoke sauna with an amazing view over the vast lake (which was frozen) and I hole cut out in the ice to jump in after the sauna, which was extremly cold and a bit of shock to the system

... gracias para tiempo loco! We will meet again! The Herrasmanni camping-will-stop-party is not untill the weekend. And there are definately more interesting and beautiful places to see around here. But when it rains it is just no fun at all! So decided to go back to my 'home away from home' already. Drink a tea with Lom and Mörri again! If I hurry I might just be in time for the 19.00 o'clock sauna!

... end up watching the local crew play ice hockey. Next stop: The Bowling center! Have not done this for ages. I think we drove the other more quiet bowlers a bit crazy with our screams after yet another Strike or Pair! With 124 and 112 points I think we did not do too bad ;-))) Time to meet up with Simone to shop for beer and sausages and Salmiakki Kostenkorva! We decided to have proper ...

... relaxed summer holidays. Don't forget to visit the market place and try out a piece of kalakukko, Finnish fish pasty. King Gustav III of Sweden ordered the establishment of the city in 1775. Kuopio is the 8th largest town in Finland with about 90 000 inhabitants.

... first week here, but where I stupidly forgot my camera ;) So I decided, just to go there - it was really nice weather, the sun was shining and I had some time.. The nature here is really everytime just overwhelming me and so it was like that on this trip as well. I walked up a little path, which was especially made for hikers interested in nature I guess - you can see that on the signs that were standing there, explaining flowers and things like that - in ...