11 days in Finland... April/May 2011

Moikka!


The day has come... I need to share my thoughts and experience with you after my trip to Finland. Amazing experiences, fantastic people, great time and beautiful nature all around me - that's in a nutshell how it was in the Land of Thousand Lakes.


My flight from London-Heathrow to Helsinki-Vantaa was on 22nd April at 12:05. British Airways had no delays and everything was on schedule.


While being airborne in some point I was able to see Finnish Land. At last!!! :) I was so excited! Frozen lakes... forest... and frozen sea... I have never seen frozen sea in my life :) so that was an amazing moment:) And when the plane started to descent I was in seventh heaven as in a moment I was going to walk on Finnish soil... 


We have landed... :)


As I have been to Vantaa Airport before it was easy to get to the car park and get the bus. This time I went to Tikkurila train station (bus no. 61). I have found this really nice guide on YouTube how to get out of Vantaa Airport, it may be of some use to you:

At the train station I needed to buy a ticket for a train to Tampere. I have found the ticket machines, happy me :) and wanted to purchase the ticket. How surprised I was... the information on screen was only in Finnish and Swedish... :) well, I tried both... I thought I would have more luck with Swedish as I know some German. hahahaha :) no way:) So I asked a girl who was buying a ticket next to me and she (she was very straight to the point :) ) explained me quickly what, how and when... and I was a happy owner of InterCity train ticket to Tampere. Thanks to this ticket I have learnt new Finnish words :)


junalippu - railway ticket
vaunu - carriage
ikkunapaikka - window seat

Riihimäki station

On the way I tried to read some book... but I was too excited :) and needed to take some pictures... the weather was beautiful, blue sky and sunny... I left Tikkurila at 18:22 and the train stopped in Riihimäki, Hämeenlinna, Toijala and arrived to Tampere at 19:52. My final destination :) Yupeeee! :)

Source: Google map