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AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 14 Jan 2025 | By besoka | Views [51]
Helsinki II - Heavenfloati
Day 1 = Sun 12 Jan
Train
Possible snowplough at 3:30am
Woken up in Tampere
Packed up and off at Helsinki
2 Cabs to accom
Accom
2 level penthouse in Docklands-ish part of town
Emma succeeds ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 14 Jan 2025 | By besoka | Views [19]
Apukka Resort
Day 0 = Thu 9 Jan
Arrived at Apukka
Emma checked in
Kid on phone didn't notice his suitcase was making the automatic door open and close for half an hour
Dropped our luggage and picked up out outer clothes
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AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 14 Jan 2025 | By besoka | Views [19]
Day 0 = Sun 5 Jan
Flight (Finnair)
Gorgeous view of Finland from above (daytime flight)
Snow-covered-ice-covered-lakes
Forests in between
Granite boulder fields
Listened to Sibelius 2nd Symphony and blissed out
Travel ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 14 Jan 2025 | By besoka | Views [22]
Helsinki 1
Day 0 = Thu 2 Jan
Helsinki
Russian capital of Finland, moved closer to Russia than the old Swedish capital of Tuurku
Not the introduction to the second act of a regrettably broad pre-War production of Dante's Inferno by ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Monday, 6 Jan 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [42]
WE GAVE SALTA SHORT SHRIFT on our 2013 visit. Our MacBook had died and we were anxious to get to Iguasu Falls and meet with friends from the States who were bringing a replacement. We will be in the area for the next couple of weeks and hope to remedy ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 3 Jan 2025 | By besoka | Views [80]
More notes only, though this one loaded with less swearing at least.
Day 0 = Sun 29 Dec
Train to Stockholm
Got to Stockholm Centralen
Tiny old slow lifts that took 2 people at a time
Long distance train station that doesn't ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Friday, 3 Jan 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [65]
A DAY MAY STILL HAVE TWENTY-FOUR hours but the years seem to be passing more quickly. It seems like like only yesterday that we were getting haircuts in Bali and it really was yesterday we both got haircuts here in Cordoba. Argentina, that is, not Cordoba ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 1 Jan 2025 | By besoka | Views [51]
More notes only. This blog is really glithcy about some content, so I've had to delete some sections to get it to save without it crashing to an error page. Seriously, the word "names" triggered it.
Day 1 = Thu 19 Dec
Last Scandic ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 1 Jan 2025 | By besoka | Views [47]
I'm finding I only have time to make quick notes at the end of each day, and I doubt I'll have time to write them up nicely until I get back. So I figured I'd throw the raw notes up here for anyone interested knowing what we're up to in something ... Read more >
