Road Trip – Last Day
The second day of our road trip found us all the way from Ruka, to the Russian-Finnish border, to the amethyst mine, and ending in Rovaniemi. Once we were in Rovaniemi, we were able to walk around a bit, which was nice. Walking was great to get rid of our “car [...]
Posts Tagged ‘sauna’
Road Trip – Last Day, Part One
Posted in Finland, tagged bastu, Finland, Finnish, hotels, Rovaniemi, Santa, sauna on July 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Fun in Jakobstad!
Posted in Finland, tagged bastu, dinner, Finland, Jakobstad, light, midsummer, sauna, train on June 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Soooo…where did I leave off? Oh yes, we’d just gotten onto the train to Jakobstad. When we got on, I immediately thought of Amtrak, as that’s the only train line I’ve been on. But after all of four minutes on the train, I found differences. First, the Finnish trains leave on time. EXACTLY on [...]
Excited/Scared of Finland?!?!
Posted in Getting Ready, tagged bastu, culture, customs, excited, Finland, manners, quotes, sauna, scared, speak, Swedish on June 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Michael; being the amazing, wonderful man he is; sent me a site regarding Finnish culture. He is such a beautiful person for sending me this, but I am, in turn, also very scared. If you care to check my upcoming verbal vomit, here’s the original site. All quotes from the linked site are stated within [...]
