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We’ve spent the last 2 days taking it easy, so there’s not been to much exciting to report. We did a little shopping and visited a beautiful church, and have been hanging out with some awesome people that I’m profoundly sad to leave. Luckily, […]
Archive for August, 2006
Yesterday Veikko drove down to Helsinki and picked us up, and drove us up to Lahti. We haven’t taken any pictures of the town yet, but we’ve met a lot of people and had a fun time last night.
Veikko’s Ride - A
Veikko’s Ride - B
Jakko (some will recognize this gentleman)
Veikko villainously ravishing his burger
Beautiful Finns […]
Last night we visited Uniq, a small club in Helsinki with an ice bar!
The place had a lot of character, I must say.
Inside, there was a dance floor and 2 bars. You buy a drink ticket from either of the bars for 10 Euro, which gives you entry (and 1 drink) to the Arctic Ice […]
So it turns out yesterday we visited the infamous Kiek in de Kok!!
I wish I’d known at the time. In honour of Kiek in de Kok, I might have even let my wife **** me in the ***. (She thinks she should just do it today anyway.)
Here’s someone else getting in the spirit
Anyway.
Today we slept […]
Tallinn, the capitol of Estonia, is very possibly the most beautiful city Maija and I have ever been in. As mentioned, the cruise is quite affordable, though you don’t get a cabin unless you pay extra for one. At 3 hours, a cabin’s not really necessary (though we chose to get one for the ride […]
Today was a bit like yesterday, TO THE MAX! We shopped for what I deemed to be far too long of a time. Too long for my feet, and too long for my wallet also, but what’s a loving husband to do?
We took the train today instead of the bus.
Everyone in Helsinki rides bikes. They […]
We chatted with some folks on the ferry ride to Suomenlinna yesterday, and they explained the smell of smoke that lingers in the air in Helsinki. Apparently there is a huge forest fire in Russia and the wind blows the smoke over. Many asthma sufferers have had to go to hospitals. So […]
Day 2 saw us doing a little shopping and sightseeing, namely the island fortress of Suomenlinna.
I laughed at the English on this.
Beautiful downtown Helsinki, (it doesn’t get any busier here than this)
Wierdest bike ever
On the ferry to Suomenlinna
No better church than one guarded by cannons
Europe’s so ancient and awesome
Hehe.
No Finnish vacation starts without Sauna.
*lots more […]
I’m told Musta Pekka translates to “Black Peter”.
Remains of our Mexican meal at Santa Fe
My lovely wife Maija, and our gracious host for a few days, Suski.
Central bus station
Flying over Finland
Clouds over the Atlantic
On board the flight
Waiting in Toronto
Finns as far as the eye can see
9 or so hours later and we’re sitting on a bus in the beautiful city of Helsinki :) We missed our stop, so we’re waiting for the bus to leave again, and I figured it’d be a perfect time to see what the wireless wares were in this fine city. I’m currently connected to Helsingin […]
