Sokos Tammer 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.

... in the main town area at 6pm. The President of the Tampere-Amur Club, Olli Heillila did not allow the Team to be handed over to the next club without a great departing speech and presentation of beautiful silk scarves to the lady team members and a silk tie for Mike. We all felt quite sad about leaving our host families as it was the first time that we had experienced Finnish family home life and traditions, and a big highlight ...

... release drugs to treat very local problems. After a tour the department's laboritories, we had some free time for shopping (in my case, mainly trying to find another jacket to prevent hypothermia!). Markku then spoilt us by taking us to Villa Orpu which is privately owned mansion (owned my Markku's boss) which was built in 1975. It is over 1000 sq m in size and houses over 500 indiviual art works. It sits in a very picturesque place on the edge of Nasijarvi ...

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 ...

So what started out as a day that we thought would end in rain, turned out to be a perfect day on the Island. We got up and left the house to be at the dock by 10am for the first ferry of the day. After getting on the ferry in my shorts, singlet and bikini I thought, oh no I am going to freeze. By the time we got to the island the sun had started to come out from behind the grayish looking clouds and Lauree and I sat down on the grass ...