Kajanus Kajaani Scandic

Introduced to downtown with a drunk guy urinating in the middle of main street at 4PM alongside his patient friends....with the unsurprised locals passing by. Had a good time being shoved all over the place on a Saturday night in the chilly city with great nightlife. <br><br>So all you get here is a picture taken at 3AM or so, almost as bright as day.<br>

... it was a good thing because I was tired of the traveling and it was important not to miss my flight tomorrow. <br><br>In the late afternoon I went to Tietomma, the science center at Oulu. It was interesting and interactive and there was room for exploration by both adults and kids! =). All those physics laws and principles I had learned of are well-manifested in the displays and games provided. But the highlight was at the sport lab whereby I was ...

Today we took a cruise through an archipelago of twenty thousand islands to Aland Finland. It was an early start so we had a huge buffet breakfast on board followed by another as much as you can eat lunch. The scenery is magnificent as well! There is free internet connection on board , handy, as we cannot access it out in the woods!!

Four days until the trip starts. We have flight tickets purchased from Helsinki directly to Seoul and the hotel has been reserved in Seoul for the first 7 nights. We chose Hotel Shilla Seoul mainly based on the good reviews it has received on sites such as TripAdvisor (#2 of 200 hotels in Seoul). We got a great deal from Hotels.com for ...

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.

1. Weaving the Incantation 2. A Servant 3. Born From Fire 4. Towards and Against 5. The Smoke 6. Better Unborn 7. Veil of Sin (Ei ennen soitettu, ikinä) 8. Silver Bride 9. Two Moon 10. Cares 11. In the Beginning 12. Silent Waters 13. Alone ----- 14. The Way 15. House of Sleep 16. Black Winter Day 

... 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 ...

... a lovely small town, with an old castle as one of its claim to fame, although it has a road bridge running across its ruins. We have seen more evidence of Finnish animals here, including our first squirral, and a small rodent like creature we saw when we were helping paint the house.

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.

Until the last minute I was indecisive about where to go next. I had the great opportunity to go to Tromsa in the north of Norway to meet Liv again. A girl I met in Mongolia last year. She was organising a local art festival and invited me to come over. As I was already in North Finland, you could say I was nearby. Only 800km away! Loved to meet up with her again, so, although ...