Western Finland

This is just the map of places I lived and visited during my year in Finland with Rotary. As I am making this map in 2006, I can't be bothered to blog anything, but the map pins will at least show you where I managed to visit in and around Finland and ...

For the first time ever (mainly because we've never taken a laptop away with us before, but also because travel blogging is new in our lives) we're sharing our football holiday adventures online and in (almost but not quite) real time with you!

An Andventure with the boys of Knoxville leads a fun filled trip of Scandanavia. Will post more, just starting

... have put together to share my stay in Finland with you all, it's my on-line photo album; it's so difficult to attach the many many photographs i have taken of wintery Finland. I hope that you like them!!! See you all in the Spring Hannah xxx

... 13th century, is the oldest city in Finland. It has a population of 175 000, making it the fifth largest city in Finland. For backbaggers and other budget travellers I would like to recommend Hostel Turku. The hostel is situated by the River Aura in ...

Tampere was founded around Tammerkoski river in 1775 by Gustav III of Sweden. It is the third largest city in Finland with around 200 000 inhabitants, making it the biggest inland city in the Nordic countries. Tampere is a lively student city and ...

... 't have any brothers or sisters. Then that evening we went shopping in a big shopping center they have there, and learned that Finland is extremely expensive. so there wasn't much buying going on, but there were really cool shops :) so yes i'm not going ...

... festival scene was that they did not care about bottles. They seem to be hysterical about bottles in festivals these days. But in Finland I could sit with a bottle og Abselute lemon and get wasted in the sun listening to Rock and roll. Finland is and was ...

After crossing the border into Finland Felix was beginning to feel the characteristic aches in his back and shoulders from sidecar riding on straight roads. We were riding along and thinking about a place to sleep when we went past a rest stop and Felix ...