Scandic Tampere

... 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 ...

... in the airport and then flying to Croatia.
As always with Ryanair you have to go to a middle-of-no-where airport, in return we only had to pay the taxes for our flights. So we caught a bus from Helsinki to Tampere. Tampere is about 2.5 hours north of Helsinki, about halfway between Helsinki and Jyvaskyla actually. Tampere is considered a pretty big city for the Finns, about ...

... Hostel Sofia via the tourist information office at the train station (the last and only stop of the bus anyway).


On the way to Hostel Sofia, I saw two backpackers coming towards me and my head went “they must be coming from the hostel” but then I realised that the direction from which they came from was a bit off tangent from my map and decided to follow my own navigation instinct which proved to be ...

... The person ahead slipped into the trees with Lu close behind. Underneath, the ground was covered with dead leaves and twigs which crackled as he stepped on them. Afraid of giving himself away, he slowed down. Just then, the moon broke through the clouds and a shaft of clear light shone down through the branches, covering the earth with jumbled ghostly shadows. In the distance he saw the flash of a yellow gown, and his quarry moved out of the forest.

... responded with "Geez, I am glad that you didn't tell me that before I got on the flight"! Each Team member was very brave and did not show any signs of uneasiness before stepping into the 2 seater aircraft. The flight provided each Team member with a spectacular bird's eye view of the third largest city in Finland and gave each of us an opportunity to admire the unique Finnish architecture from above. What a great way for the ...

... for military plane construction. Over the years, production has varied from making sawmill equipment to making Valtra tractors. After an information session on the history of Cargotac and the development of the automation system, we were taken on a tour of the factories and treated to a very yummy (and large) lunch. Following lunch, we travelled to Tampereen Teknillinen Yliopisto (Tampere University of Technology) which was established in 1965 and had student ...

... We weren't sure the place was open - it was quite a way off the road & no other cars were there, but yes it was open. We looked around the room first where the cartoonist's pictures had numbers & we had sheets in English with translations. I guess they were clever, but political cartoons need some understanding of the situation they are commenting on. Wickstrom's house was fascinating though - supposedly much as when he had lived there, but decorated with his art works as ...

... ja hyttyskarkoitetta ja kaikenlaista pientä löytyy. Eli periaatteessa kamat vaan rinkkaan ja se on siinä. 25.8 lähtien tämä blogi muuttuu aktiiviseksi. Aion raportoida mahdollisimman usein nettikahviloista ja joka paikasta, mistä nyt kone ja netti löytyy. Blogittaminen on hyvä tapa kertoa reissustaan, halukkaat kaverit ja tutut (ja äiti tietenkin, mikä tärkeintä) voivat sitten käyd ...

... would have done for the week before getting on the plane, they were rude, unfreindly, such a joy to be around. I was sat right in the middle of them on the plane, and tell me that was a joy.... Made my trip from Sydney to Hong Kong, not very great and enjoyable. Couldn't sleep that well, girl I was sitting next to, well I wont go into it. Then on to Hong Kong International Airport, nice airport, and I ...

... knees! I managed to accidentally delete all my photos though, grr, so I can't show you all the pretty sights over the water. But I soldiered on and bravely continued the adventure. After that I checked out the Moomin Museum (managed to keep my skirt in the right place this time!), which we've overlooked both visits. They weren't scary Davey, it was nice! The museum was mainly artwork from Tove Jansson's books, and some models people ...