Home Again!

I arrived this morning at about 8:30 on the overnight train from Helsinki to Moscow and there is one thing I have to say about the trip: Finland is AWESOME!!!! I think the only problem was the prices I saw in the stores and the rain we had almost every day. Other than that, the trip was probably the best one I ever had.

On Sunday, we arrived in Helsinki at about 11:00 and went to our hotel to put our things away and figure out what to do next. (the hotel we stayed at was called Hotelli Finn and the room was simple, but very nice) Then, we went to find a restaraunt with traditional finnish food. There weren't that many finnish restaraunts and the few we found didn't have anything my mom could eat, so we gave up and ate at McDonalds instead. After we went back to the hotel for a while, we walked around the town for the remainder of the day. The next day, we went to a large store that was 7 floors high called Stockmans and looked around for a while. Then we walked around the main square of Helsinki and went to a little market place. My dad even tried reindeer meat there! For dinner, we met a friend of my dad's and his wife at a place called Zetor's. (which was a finnish restaraunt) The food there was very good and I really liked my dad's friend.

Well, I need to go, so I'll tell you the rest later. Hey-hey! (that's goodbye in Finnish)