Finland, Finland
So I went to Helsinki for a week, it was great to see the folks and escape the appalling heat in London (multiplied by 100 in the office). I pretty much slept until 11am everyday and then either went down to the beach nearby to cool off and get some sun, or then actually did more adventurous things like visiting the old town of Porvoo.
Porvoo was lovely, very picturesque, although the experience was marred by the fact that some local yoofs had decided to burn down the old church there (link to story).
I also went out on the town with my cousin Samuli, and since I’m a lightweight compared to him I got slightly drunk and went to some funny bars and nighclubs as a result. Actually the funny part was me attempting to do funky dancing, rather than anything to do with the actual establishments. My night was perfectly capped off by me being heckled by people in the taxi queue after I demanded to know if anyone was going where I was going (near the LippuLaiva supermarket in Espoonlahti). Despondently I got into the Mercedes cab and had a comfortable, and expensive, ride home at 4am. My cousin continued the partying on to a respectable 7am.
Pics can be found here. These are all actually taken by my sister and cousin, I’ll put up mine tommorrow (Porvoo pics!).