Ramada Hotel Airport Vantaa

Well last night i had a few beers with some mates as a final of quite a few leaving do's! All of which i was well impressed with the turn out! Either people are going to miss me or they are just making sure i am leaving! (I'd rather not know the answer to that!!) At around 9pm, i thought it best i go pack considering i was leaving for the airpor...

After returning to Helsinki from the countryside, I was picked up by Anne Elojarvi, now Wright and taken to her home in Vantaa. Vantaa is near the airport and is the town where she grew up. I didn't know this before but Anne was one of the best figure skaters in Finland as a child and young teen. She still has the enviable figure of a skater. An...

No problem sleeping prior to the trip, we all slept tight and got up an hour before our taxi arrival. Taxi ride felt a little bit cold since we did not have any winter clothes on us. First we flew to London, Heathrow and then straight to Sydney via Singapore.

Greetings all readers. In the roughly two weeks since I last wrote, just after the school shooting, Finland has incredibly made the world news again! This time, it was for Martti Ahtisaari, the former president of Finland, who was awarded the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize for his legacy of what various news outlets have called "cautious diplomacy," and...

Nuputan, kuidas nad auto seekord rongist kätte saavad, kui võti minu käes. Aga rahvas lastakse autovagunisse, kust igamees saab omale sobiva auto valida. Tagasitee sadamasse leian suht lihtsalt, haakides ennast liinibussile sappa, aga edasi on küll väike probleem. Lüiajalise parkimise parkla on täis ja mul tuleb seal välja tagurdada. Jätan siis ...

Hello everyone. I've been in Helsinki for almost 10 days now, and it's very grey today. The city is small and orderly, and people are reserved but friendly. I've been mostly wandering around. What follows are some observations and such... One of the most distinctive features of Finland is the Finnish language. It is no longer weird to hear Finni...

Hey j'ai recu les photos de ce samedi ... quelques photos de moi... aucune de p-l ... vous vous doutez qu'avec 3 pieces de vetements ... dont 2 qui ne m'appartiennent pas ... qu'est-ce que p-l peut bien porter ?? Bonne journee ( Finalement il a accepte que j'en mette une ... celle ou il n'y a que lui qui est devetu ... respectons la pudeur aussi...

Bonjour a tous, Nous en sommes a notre deuxieme journee dans la famille de Marie. Apres la barriere de language ( notre accent particulierement ;) ) avec Marie hier nous communiquons un peu mieux. Marie nous sort un de ces Fran-glais et son pere nous parle toujours en Francais de France impec! Nous couchons ici pour la derniere nuit et demain no...

The train ride was very nice and it allowed us to see allot of the Finland's landscape. We enter Helsinki to a large crowd gathered on the capital steeps watching a hockey game. The harbor was packed with large ships which are used for breaking ice. This is a place that I would like to return to.

We stayed with our friend Ira and met up with a penpal. We went to this cool little island and had a picnic. It was nice. We entertained everybody with endless silly comments and felt a bit like a caberet act, while the locals stared at us like we were kind of weird.
There was also an art show on. There was one large oak, with lots of white ...