Sky Hotel Ounasvaara Rovaniemi

Skrocilismy nieco czas przejazdu do Nordkapp i dzieki temu zyskalismy dodatkowy dzien. Postanowilismy wykorzystac go na podroz do Rovaniemi - miasta, w okolicy ktorego mieszka Swiety Mikolaj. Po raz kolejny przekraczalismy tez biegun polnocny.
Samo rovaniemi nie powala na kolana. Wiecej w ...

... murhia, mutta eihän tunnelma ole sama dubattuna. Englantilaisen kollegani ystävä asuu muuten Midsomerissa. Voi toveriparkaa, viikatemies tuntuu heiluvan kylän pinnassa hieman turhan tiheään. Kakkosvaihtoehto kaipuun vähentämiseksi oli viimeinkin lukea Batesin Oi ihana toukokuu, joka taipui joskus muinoin herttaiseksi TV-sarjaksi. Voi sitä pettymyksen määrää, kun lueskelin tekstiä. Moraalisesti arveluttavat kohtaukset ja englantilaisen ruoan ylist ...

... Circle and playing on an ice slide with his elf helpers. We then had a two hour drive to the cabin. That in itself was an experience trying to find the place. We had directions, however, we found them VERY difficult to follow and kept driving up and down this track through the snow laden forests!

The next day was spent on snow mobiles and husky sledges. We spent several hours on snow mobiles, crossing over frozen lakes, going up and down hills, until we ...

... hello?". after a pause, i heard a hesitant female voice say in a thick finnish accent, "do you speak finnish?". "no" i replied. after another pause, she haultingly and with a hint of a giggle said "i am calling to sell you... electricity... do you need it?" smiling, i replied "no, thank you, i am alright". my first finnish telemarketer! less than an hour later, my flatmate erika called excitedly to me from her room. a finnish sports ...

... mum, who knew that your local safeway stripmall was so dangerous?! ooooh oliver square! you'd think you lived in the west side ghetto of LA from listening to this song. so in the next couple of months if i am ever feeling a bit homesick, i'll just pop this baby on my mp3 player and all will be well. and i solemnly swear, i'll make it back to oliver square. ;)

... Gelinas' recommendations that short-term targets be established are fundamental criteria for any environmental plan. Any Clean Air Act or similar legislation aimed at addressing climate change should adopt all of the Environment Commissioner's recommendations as well as recommitting Canada to our existing Kyoto targets. This is an urgent issue and we must act quickly. I am extremely disappointed that so far all I have seen your ...

a couple of random things that are just too excellent to not share... 1. this video. the most perfectly finnish disco i can imagine. seriously watch it, it will make even the darkest day a little brighter. 2. yesterday, i met the king of bread. YES!! seriously. he IS the king of bread. you see, he is an international student from china, and his name ACTUALLY translates into "the king of bread". can you even imagine ...

... at the far end from the station. The train we were taking was to be called the 'Santa Claus Express', so I guess everything had to be just so, and it was, no complaints. The weather was starting to really come in by the time the train was just leaving the station and by the next stop it was heavy drizzle, if there is such a thing? However the cover of night was fairly fast to join us and most heads were beginning to nod off.

... pub, to continue the festivities. apparantly green beer is a tradition that really hasn't caught on in the rest of the world, and most non-canadians were pretty horrified at the idea, but i think i done quasi and not so irish canadians proud :) it's one of the great things about being in a different country, you can take the cliched traditions of your home country and play them up way more than you ever would at home, and actually feel original doing it! much fun was had by all.

... read all those thick textbooks and first having to struggle with language comprehension and vocabulary... speaking of my classmates, th**e are 10 of us this year in the program, 4 canadians, from NFLD, Nunavut, Ontario and well, AB, 1 Finnish girl who spent the last 5 years studying in Ab**deen, Scotland; France, Britain and Russia are also represented, and a guy from *****ia arrives next week. It's a pretty int**esting mix of backgrounds and cultures, although a bit ...