Julia Turku Scandic

... t cope with the tension. We were all a bag of nerves, no one really wanted to have a battle for the next 45 minutes, we just wanted the final whistle to blow.
Throughout most of the second half the team were still pushing on and going for goal, with them coming mighty close several times. It was only after the final whistle that the girls found out they were through in third place and meeting Finland on Thursday in Turku (they actually get to stay in ...

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.

... half of the 40 were taken so I snagged 2. Once settled, I explore. The ferry has several bars, a nightclub which was dead, movie theater … Virtually no backpackers. Mostly families and older couples.

The views of the archipelago are fantastic. The ferry is a cruise ship. I am on the “10th” floor watching the islands go by. Drinks are expensive but duty free has opened. It is like a large liquor store. There are 100 people ...

... both were "fitted out" according to the era. To see lots of wooden statues from the 12th or 13th century ... Well it was just amazing. Towards the end we came to the silver treasury, and that had lots of glass cases with assorted treasures inside. By that stage our feet were hurting so much that we were just wishing for a way out. However when the roundabout circuit did eventually make its way back to the entry room, we perhaps made the mistake of deciding to have ...

... be a kitchen ware shop. And the place I'd specially noted to return, that I thought was a fabric & quilting shop? Well that turned out to be carpets & wall papers. Ah well. The market place was fish & fruit & veg - and some sort of chocolate wheel! People were queueing to get tickets & spin the wheel - we didn't work out what that was about. We walked around some more but it was overcast & we had good photos from yesterday. Next stop was the port - well ...

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!

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... dormit, jurtat), mutta tämän jälkeen alettiin suosia kahden hengen huoneita. Totta kai tuli aikoja, jolloin joku halusi olla yksin tai pariskunta viettää aikaa keskenään, mutta nämähän olivat vain järjestelykysymyksiä. Sanomisiltakaan ei voitu kokonaan välttyä (puoli vuotta on pitkä aika!), mutta toisaalta, jos olisi vältytty, olisin huomattavasti huolestuneempi. "I ate it up and spit it out. I faced it all and I stood ...

... outside but very plain and white on the inside. The Helsinki Library was just next door and it too was admirable in architecture. We walked down to the harbor where they had orange tents scattered with various types of street vendors. They had fresh fish too, it was pretty exciting, a mix of locals and tourists, ( we actually saw more Americans here than anywhere else that we visited so far). We decided to take our lunch there and eat outside the ...