Sokos Hotel Aleksanteri Helsinki

... use the bag room so I could wonder the city empty handed and that is exactly what I did.<br><br>I walked everywhere, all over the city. It was a really easy city to walk and it is really awesome. I love the people, the city transportation and the overall feel. I walked to churches and to parks, from the east to the west and also to the main city square and the main port. This is where I thought I was docking but apparently it is only for ...

... Apparently the gates only close on Christmas Eve and in the evening of Midsummer Eve. Lesson over, feel free to relax.<br><br>The weather was typically British (lots of cloud, some drizzle and a couple of downpours) so the zoo was fairly quiet, meaning we were able to wander round at our own pace and properly see the animals we wanted to see without having to either peer over the heads of tall people, or try not tripping over (or up) brattish children ...

... so maybe the baby has flown a lot. Either way, no problem at all....if only they were all like that.<br><br>So, in conclusion------I had a speech professor who told me to never say that, but in this case I'm gonna. Eh hem. In conclusion, my trip was awesome! Great weather, beautiful country, a good friend, and glutard-awareness. Couldn't ask for more. :) Did I mention the handsome-Nordic-vikings walking around everywhere? Yeah, that was pretty cool too....

... then embarked on a day of sightseeing.<br><br>Helsinki is very small for a capital city and there is no problem getting around the main sights in one day. I headed down to the markets near the docks where there were lots of little stalls selling local food and souvenirs. If I were rich I could have good mad there but I restrained myself and didn't buy anything!! I bought a salmon sandwhich for lunch and ate it in the park.<br><br>After my lunch ...

... The next thing I know, it's sitting on the ground. It's not because it melted - oh no, that would be too easy. It was all due to a gang of dive-bombing seagulls who hungrily devoured my expensive treat. I bought a cheaper one, and, in a move that make dam busters proud, another bloody bird grabbed my hair with its feet. I ended up walking through the square like a Dostoevsky character - hunched over, cluching everything ...

Nyt on saatu viimeisetkin matkalaiset kotimaahan ja kovasti sitä on odotettukin. Olihan lähtö kuulemma sieltä haikea mutta paljon myös hyviä puolia :) Eipä oo kaveri hirveän ahkeraan kirjotellut meille lukijoille mutta kuulemma viimeiset viikot meni mukavasti. Välillä vähän kurjaa keliä mutta monia hyviä puuteripäiviä ja unelma Chirouzeja..kyllä kateeks kävi! Säätiedotus ainakin lupasi yhtenäkin yönä huhtikuun lopussa vielä 70cm puuteria, että todella ei ...

Friday 2nd January Manchester to Moscow via Helsinki Got picked up by mum and dad at 7.30am and arrived at the airport about 8.15am as there was no traffic hardly. Phil was late as usual and got there about 8.45am. Started our Round the World Trip with a quick flight to Helsinki with Finair. It only lasted 2 and half hours so not really any time to get bored or anything. The food was ...

... an arch and let the rain run itself dry. Soon the best was to come. I put my headphones in a walked all around the walls of the former fortress. It was very interesting because half of it was under ground, under grassy hills, as to hid its identity from foriegn invades. After all, the element of suprise is the most important in battle. The massive cannons, on the hills where very intimitating. Looking down one was scary at first, not ...

... wooden houses painted in faded pastel colors. It's a relic from the previous incarnation of Helsinki, one of wooden houses and narrow streets and backyards full of trees and hanging swings, not the newer Helsinki of 6-story concrete apartment houses with small windows. There are even little old cars there. Apparently the neighborhood was to be torn down during the rush to urbanization in the 1970s, but a filmmaker made a film that was set in ...

... jo risa, mutta olisi voinut valmiiksi hankkia, kun tuskinpa niitä Prahasta paljon halvemmalla saa kuin Vapaa Valinnasta. Hyvä Ari! [toim. huom.: Ja arvatkaa ostinko sateenvarjoa Prahassakaan, vaikka pari päivää olikin sateista ja kurkku tosiaan valmiiksikin kipeä.]