Omena Hotel Tampere

... dancing music, eh? J

Then a group of women got up and started to sing Mama Mia by ABBA. Well, we perform that song in the European part of our show. So, we all became their back-up singers and dancers!

Quite an interesting experience on a ferry, if I do say so myself.

And, have you ever tried hard-core dancing and performing on a ferry? I’m sure our whole group looked quite hilarious moving around on the stage as the choppy waters ...

... me to Helsinki. A few things had to be decided while with them. One, I decided to mail my laptop back home as there was something wrong with the connection of the cord and I couldn't seem to fix it cheaply. It is just too heavy to carry if it doesn't work. The second was that I decided to come home about 5 weeks earlier than previously planned. 5 months is seeming kind of long. I can save a bit of money and also get started in earning again by returning in early ...

... and landed me in the hostel earlier than the two others who were actually searching for the hostel and arrived shortly after me.
The room was small and cosy with bright green blanket that screamed IKEA. 4-in a room and I wondered who my room mate was.
At almost 4pm, the university would have closed so I took to exploring the town which was lly small and not very inspiring in the rainy weather. The whole place ...

... us! Dr Jan-Markus Holm, the principal of Keuruun Kaupunki, filled us in on the finer details of the education system in Finland, as well as information specific to his school. In the afternoon we went for an early dinner at a pizza place, where those of us who ordered the small pizzas found ourselves eating pizzas the size of small spaceships. None of us could finish more than half. Rotarian Helena took us on a tour of the Old Church ...

SUNDAY 5TH APRIL How did the Team spend our first Sunday in Finland???? Well, just how a Sunday should be spent .... a sleep in, a late lunch and a visit to a local antique shop. Markku met the team at 1pm at the hotel to take us for a late Sunday lunch at a restaurant called Salud in Tampere. We were welcomed at the door by a mousse head and ate our delicious meals sitting in a booth with seats and interior covered in cow ...

... and learnt there is no "perfect personality" or "right answer" and were surprised at the accuracy of some of the results! 04/04/2009 Once again escorted by the jovial Marrku Seppala, the team visited the Tampere Indoor Market, located near the city square, and (at Marrku's insistence) ordered the exquisite fish soup at Tampere's infamous Finnish/French restaurant (the chef's parents were Finnish and French respectively). The team ...

Huomenna on elämäni tähän saakka suurin päivä. Suurin unelmani toteutuu ja lähden 4 kuukautta kestävälle matkalle Siperian läpi Aasiaan. Tiedän maat, joihin aion matkustaa, mutta menen sinne minne tuuli kuljettaa. Haluan irtisanoutua kaikesta hektisyydestä, suorittamisesta, aikatauluista ja suunnittelusta, ja oppia elämään taas siten kuin ihmisen pitäisi. Nauttimaan. Toteuttamaan unelmansa ja heittämään romukoppaan ihmisen luoman keinotekoisen ja ahdistavan järjestelmän, jossa ...

... L & I got some very good bargains, or at least she did. A couple of dresses for 7 euro, we both got bikini tops for 5 euro or less. I find it hard at the moment trying to cross the road. I am used to looking left, but here I have to look right, I almost didn't and was about to walk out onto the road, would have been goodbye Tracey. So strange seeing people sitting on the wrong side of the car, but this place is beautiful ...

... tässä karttuu. Kirjoittelen sitten joskus lähempänä budjettilaskelmia, tässä vaiheessa rahaa menee ihan mukavasti näihin alkukuluihin. Ainiin, yksi välireissu on tiedossa Sveitsin Zürichiin 13-16.6 jolloin lähdemme futiksen EM-kisojen tunnelmaa aistimaan. Tämä on pakollista matkakuumeen lääkitsemistä. Kirjoittelen tuostakin reissusta varmasti jotakin tänne. Muuten kirjoittelu on harvaa ennen reissua, mutta sitten elokuussa alkaa varmasti tapahtua.

... blogin, koska saa enemmän kuvia (eikä niiden sivuille saaminen pitäisi olla ongelmam joten jätän missaolet.comin pois) ja toi matkan kartalle piirto ominaisuus on hauska. Matkasuunnitelma on englanniksi kirjoitettu tänne, eikä siitä sen enempää tällä kertaa. Vielä kun saisi passin takaisin Kiinan viisumilla varustetuna, muuten alkaa oleen jo aika täpinöissä. Vielä reilut 5 viikkoa töitä ja sitten menoksi.