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Friday, May 16, 2008
I am back from my Scandinavian trip on Tuesday night! This time i took a bus from Helsinki Airport all the way back to Lappeenranta instead of coming back by VR. The bus ride was about 3.5 hours which is much longer than coming back by VR. But it's ok because we get to see other beautiful city. The sky was very beautiful on that day! I am amazed! God had made this world beautiful. :)

My trip to Stockholm, Oslo and Copenhagen was a pretty relax one. We cruise from Turku to Stockholm and this time the ship was more stable compared to the time we cruise to Tallinn. We had fun on the ship by shopping in the stores and playing cards in our cabin. We paid only like 10 euros for the cruise for 4 person! Isn't it such a good deal? ;p

We reached Stockholm in the morning and we spent the day at the Old Town. Stockholm is a beautiful town. It's really nice there especially the Old Town where there is a whole stretch of shops... And around noon at the Royal Palace the guards change their duty. The soldiers are really cool with marching and all that. Like a military parade. :)

But the unfortunate thing is that my camera got stolen in the Hostel! It's too long to explain it here. Just sad that my photos taken in the cruise and the my first day in Stockholm are gone! The video of the soldiers are gone as well! Sigh! At night we decided to look for a police station to make a police report! We had to ask people where the police staion is located as we do not know where... We met a really nice and helpful couple who walked us all the way to the Police Station. However the police station was close! But thank God, a police came along and he told us to take the train to the HQ that is open 24/7. I waited half an hour for my turn to make a report and then finally head back to the Hostel.

The next morning, woke up and spent another day in Stockholm and we took an overnight bus to Oslo. Oslo is really an expensive city! Like 1 McDonald meal cost around 8 euros! I don't like it in Oslo! The people are not friendly and we experience a really bad service when we order food at one of their fast food store. I remembered that we were all so lazy to even see the attractions like going to the the Viking museum or even their famous Park. We only walked around the City Centre... It was really boring in Oslo! The next day it was a public holiday and all the shops were close!! So we just visit the fortress in the morning and spent the rest of the day walking around... Finally at night it was time to leave! Oslo is really disappointing!!

We took an overnight bus to Copenhagen and along the journey the sky at was so beautiful!! I feel happy by looking at the sky!! I should have taken a photo of the sky but Mariana said that the camera won't be able to reflect it and it's only meant for our eyes to see! Well, at least i saw something nice in Oslo! :D

We reached Copenhagen in the morning and this time we stay in a Hotel instead of a Hostel. Initially we were supposed to stay in a 32 people Hostel but we decided to forgo our deposit and booked a Hotel instead. I am glad we did as we could check in immediately, showered and slept a little before heading for the attractions! When we were in Copenhagen, it was a public holiday as well! It was Pentecost Sunday and all the shops were close!

So we decided to go to Guinness World of Records Museum and The Mystic Exploratorie. Both museums are interesting! Guinness Museum has alot of interesting facts while Mystic is very interactive! We can "catch our shadow" by standing against the white wall and when the lights is on, we stand away and our shadow remains there! Another interesting thing is that we can change our head with the person that is sitting opposite us! We had to align our eyes and control the lighting! It was so funny!! I also sat on the electric chair which was quite fun. Imagine electricity going through your body!! I really had a fun time in the museum! After that we walked to Nyhavn and took photos there! It's their famous canal in copenhagen! It seems like Venice to me! We visted Rosenborg Castle as well! The park there is beautiful too!

We wanted to go to Tivoli Garden at night (a theme park) but it was quite late and we were afraid that we have to queue a long time for the rides and so we decided against it. But i am glad that we didn't go because it was cold at night! We had to walk in the cold to search for food!! We decided to eat ramen at Wagamama (a Japanese restaurant)... It's nothing fantastic but it's our first Japanese meal after so long!! The next morning was spent buying souvenir! We had not much time as we have to fly back to Helsinki in the afternoon so it was a rushing morning for us! I wish i had more time in Copenhagen!!! I didn't get to see Danish soldiers!!

After visiting the other scandinavian countries, i still like Finland the best!! It's so peaceful, clean and safe compared to the rest! It's probably a nice place to stay but not a very interesting place to holiday. Anyway, I am gonna leave here soon and be back home!! :)

The link to my trip photos:

Stockholm:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=116911&l=8f418&id=874370102
Oslo:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=116916&l=fcc79&id=874370102
Copenhagen:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=116922&l=703d5&id=874370102

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