Hotel Victoria 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 ...

It seemed that no matter what, I was always rushing.
The bus ride to the Hahn Airport for RyanAir took 1hr 45 mins and it runs every other hours i .e. 0800-0900-1000 and costs 12 Euro. Luckily I did not heed the words of the female recep at the hostel who seemed like newbie from the way she did things and told me that the bus stop for the bus is right outside the hostel, in front of the train station. I went earlier to ...

... utensils. The centre also helps direct them to appropriate social services. The centre works with people of various backgrounds including alcoholics and drug addicts, visually impaired, and the elderly. They provide spiritual assistance through pastoral counseling, home visits, the drop in centre, volunteer work, grieving programmes, and debriefing. At midday, we travelled to Jalmarin Koto which is the local nursing home for people ...

... professionals have built Regae to be the leading tissue engineering centre in Finland. It was absolutely amazing to listen to what this company is achieving in the areas of human embryonic stem cells for tissue engineering applications and the operations of the tissue bank particularly in relation to the cornea transplants. The process that is used to clinically apply stem cells in bone, cartilage, skin and soft tissue ...

... and did not feature any technical hitches. The members of the club were the most amazed at Rosie's yellow reef fish photo, and it created quite a discussion. In the evening we attended the horse trotting at Teivo Ylojarvi. The track was still surrounded with snow, which made walking to the indoor seating quite a challenge, but we all managed without slipping over completely! We were ...

... up scores n the first two drives they pulled it together and shut out the Saints the rest of the game. It was nice to not have to win the game in the last minutes for the first time in months. I even got to sit out a bit towards the end of the game to rest my tender shoulders, and I didn't have to play defense at all. The final was 55-21 at Tampere. The weather is noticeably cooling, and the sun setting early every night. The ...

... for another 15 minutes. I must admit, my skin has never felt so nice and open. It was lovely, maybe if I ever build myself a new home, I might have to get them to build me a sauna. So today, the sun seems to have disappeared, it is overcast and fresh. Not warm, not freezing (not like the Gold Coast before I left) but chilly and fresh. Quite nice, will actually be a good day, I hope, for some walking and sightseeing. Now if I can just get ...

We arrived in Tampere, Finland after travelling since 8pm the following night and sleeping in Shannon airport. When we got off the plane it was so cold I thought i left my legs behind me because after 2mins i couldn't feel them anymore!! Due to a lack of planning the thermals were locked safely away in my backpack keeping my socks warm!! We were told that it was -20 celsius, which ...

Tampere was founded around Tammerkoski river in 1775 by Gustav III of Sweden. It is the third largest city in Finland with around 200 000 inhabitants, making it the biggest inland city in the Nordic countries. Tampere is a lively student city and (maybe therefore) one may find there active and colourful ...