Holiday Inn Helsinki

On our return trip we scheduled our round trip flights by way of Helsinki. We landed at Vantaa airport and went straight to the Hotel by airport shuttle. It was overcast and cold but we still had some energy to burn so we walked to what was reffered to as ...

... the stadium to watch the girls play. Sing your hearts out for them tomorrow - we will be! Then I think it's back to the Holiday Inn to see the players, and finally back to our apartment. There probably won't be a blog update tomorrow for obvious reasons. ...

... make a new entry later on, it all depends what time we get in really! No blog tomorrow, we're meeting at 3.30pm at the Holiday Inn for another coach journey to the England game against Sweden. Win it and we can win the group! (Honest, it's true!). So ...

... beds don't have a top sheet on them, only a blanket and I don't like it...) We took a shuttle from the airport to our hotel (The Holiday Inn) Some guy tried to talk to me in some language I don't know.... I just nodded my head and said "I don't speak your ...

... time getting ready for the day. Kick off was at 5.30 (Finn time) and we were meeting up with everyone at the Holiday Inn hotel in north Helsinki (the players' hotel) at 3pm. So we knew there wasn't much point making any plans for the morning. We strolled ...

... time when I booked the flight - lesson learned - Read the fine print carefully.  The woman at the travel desk in Helsinki airport was wonderful - I explained my goof, she made a quick phone call, booked a room for me closeby with a free shuttle ...

... for a lofty look at the city and a stroll through the parks round by the lakes next to the stadium, before heading up to the Holiday Inn for 3.30pm to meet with the gang and travel up to the match (which could result in either us finishing 1st, 2nd, 3rd ...

... food markets) & then later the kauppatori (markets under awnings in the main town square). The kauppahalla looks a lot like Helsinki's, and both date from the 1890s. We bought some pastries there (only language confusion was that somehow I ended up ...

... was not happy that the Finnish capital (then Abo/Turku) was so close to Sweden, so the obliging Finns moved their capital to Helsinki - on the Russian side of the country. We parked the car, checked in, and then went out again to do some sight seeing ...

... expect. Glad we saw that beautiful place. We then went on our 2 and a half hour boat ride, and we should have learnt from Helsinki.... we are NOT GOOD at picking boat rides. The section where the boat went through a canyon was very cool and fun, but the ...

... - Naples (Metro, Train, Train, O/N Ferry, Train, Bus, Long walk); Riga - Rovaniemi (Bus to Tallin; Ferry to Helsinki; Overnight Train, freezing walk) London-Istanbul - Plane, Bus, Bus, Taxi ACCOMODATION Different Names: Hostel, Hotel, Pension, ...

Ongi käes see aeg, kus asjad on pakitud ning keegi pileteid ei kontrolli ja Priidik ja Maarja on jõudnud Viking Line-i peale, mis viib neid natuke lähemale, kuhu tahavad jõuda. Laeval on oma residentkloun, mis Maarjale meeldib väga. Priidikule ...