Sunday, July 5, 2009

3rd July - Escaping the Heat - Off to Finland

I'd pretty much had enough of Italy & was really looking forward to getting up to Helsinki. The humidity in Italy was stifling & there was no letting up. But I'd heard the Scandinavian countries were going through their own version of a heatwave too, with temperatures hovering around 30 degrees - oohhhh!!!
I got a great deal through Scandinavian Airlines - around A$268 for the flight. The plane was filled with Finns all speaking Finnish & I realised that, once again, I'd have to go through the challenge of getting to know the basics of a new language over again.
When departing the plane the temperature was noticably cooler, but the sun was really strong.
I have 6 nights here, where the sun really doesn't set. Time enough to get acquainted with this cute little city.

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