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Helsinki 2012: Day 1- Thursday 5th July
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Day 1- Thursday 5th July. 160;Thursday, 5 July 2012. We awoke at 3.00am this morning, to allow us to get to the airport in plenty of time for our early morning flight to Tampere. Sandy had hardly slept, as he was still awake at 11.30 last night, so he was looking a bit tired right from the start! At the airport, we got checked in quickly and our flight left Edinburgh more or less on time at about 6.45am. Bacon rolls at Edinburgh airport for breakfast at 5.15am! Close to our hotel in Helsinki.
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Jyväskylä 2012: Wednesday 18th July
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160;Wednesday, 18 July 2012. Today, I'm telling the story by pictures, instead of writing too much description! See below for details:. Setting off to fish this morning on the boat- nothing was doing though and we were soon back on the jetty. Olivia was first to catch something- a perch, and doesn't she look happy? S andy caught a larger perch a few moments after this picture was taken. For Anna and myself, it was relaxation time- let the children do the work! With Lake Palvajärvi in the background.
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Helsinki 2012: Where we'll stay...
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160;Friday, 16 March 2012. After arriving in Tampere, we'll pick up our rental car and head straight towards the capital, Helsinki, about an hour and a half to the south. We're booked in at the Hellsten Helsinki apartments. We can't wait to base ourselves here again- the value is outstanding at €110 per night for a city centre hotel with all these facilities. 160; 6 July 2012 at 10:06. Anyway, Ill keep that hotel in mind, just in case we might follow your example some day. 160; Weather Maps.
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Helsinki 2012: Day 3 - Saturday 7th July
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Day 3 - Saturday 7th July. 160;Saturday, 7 July 2012. We had an easy morning, getting up quite late, before we headed towards the centre of town on foot. We wanted to visit Stockmann department store. As Sandy was looking for some sunglasses. We had a long, lazy look round this huge shop, before we headed back to the hotel, stopping off for ice creams along the way. We had a lovely, relaxed lunch and would like to thank the Kauppila family for their hospitality! The weather today has again been very warm...
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Helsinki 2012: Day 2 - Friday 6th July
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Day 2 - Friday 6th July. 160;Friday, 6 July 2012. Our large apartment is on the top floor, so this is one of the windows in one of the bedrooms! This little park is more or less next to our hotel. It's a popular attraction each time we walk out of the front door! In Helsinki, coffee seems to be served in a glass! At the train station. Heading down to the South Harbour after lunch. Olivia was desperate to have a go on this pony. You should have seen the smile on her face afterwards. On one of the cannons.
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Jyväskylä 2012: What an eventful day...
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What an eventful day. 160;Friday, 20 July 2012. First of all, Happy Anniversary to my mum and dad back in Scotland! Hope you have had a lovely day. This morning, we had no plans at all. It was a case of just seeing what the weather might do. As it looked cloudy and not very promising first thing, Anna suggested we walk up the road a bit and pick some blueberries. We spent an hour and a half on this and ate loads, saw some frogs, and came back with piles of them! So we waited a while and prepared dinner.
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Parikkala 2012: The weirdest place in Finland?
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The weirdest place in Finland? 160;Tuesday, 10 July 2012. About to enter the park. There are some seriously weird characters in here. Sandy gets into the spirit of the place. Dozens of sculptures up by the house. An attempt to copy the Water Lily pond of Monet's? Back home in the afternoon- we splashed about in the lake. Two miles down the road, we came to the sculpture park, created by Veijo Ronkonnen. I took this directly from the web, as it describes the place rather accurately. Although he has had th...
