Start by learning ‘P’ is ‘R’, and the rest will follow
So, before I get into Russia, I just have to mention the rest of my ferry trip. It got way more interesting! After I wrote that last entry,…
Tag: Helsinki
No fixed… anything
I’m nearly at the end of my first full week of traveling, and it’s been pretty full of… traveling. The obvious never fails to astonish me. It was…
Atlas Obscura
I figure out where to go and what to see when I’m traveling by a combination of friend and interweb recommendations interspersed with a lot of local wandering…
The need to sometimes be alone in the world
During my recent overlong travel day, I had quite a few moments when I thought how WONDERFUL it was going to be when I finally got into my…
Finland 2014
Here’s the final rundown of my Finnish adventure. This trip grew out of my trip to Africa. That’s where I met Johanna and Carolina and they were awesome…
Flow Festival 2014
Or: ‘How on earth is the food at a music festival THIS GOOD?!’ Seriously. Flow was my first ever real festival experience and I think I’m spoiled now.…
Coveting design, eating fish, and havin’ a sauna
I’m a big fan of Scandinavian design, so my one museum on this trip was always going to be Designmuseo Helsinki. Wednesday was Carolina’s birthday, so while she…
Being a touristy-tourist in Helsinki
My first day in Helsinki consisted of a lot of wandering around the city centre, seeing lovely things and dodging the sun. We then got on a ferry…
A hat for the next ten years
I have so much to say about Finland already, but this will be a short one because posting from a phone after midnight just isn’t going to deliver…
Not being early is not the same as being late
Today was supposed to be my first trip on an Edinburgh Tram. I was TOTALLY looking forward to this. But then I failed to do my normal obsessive…