by Kevin Thom | Aug 12, 2005 | Europe 2005
August 9, 2005 9:00am IÂm in Broadstairs now. I got here yesterday on a train from London. I took a nearly empty bus from Stansted Airport to Victoria Cross station at 7:15am. I think I slept most of the way, since I wasnÂt able to sleep in the airport for more than...
by Kevin Thom | Aug 7, 2005 | Europe 2005
There’s bad news and there’s good news. The bad news is that I’m stuck waiting at Stansted Airport all night until I can get an express coach to central London tomorrow morning. The good news is that someone plugged in a WiFi router and didn’t...
by Kevin Thom | Aug 7, 2005 | Europe 2005
I took my last walk around Helsinki this morning. I took the tram down to the train station, then wandered around for a while. The streets were nearly deserted because it had been raining all morning. Fortunately for me, the sky was clearing rapidly and the sun was...
by Kevin Thom | Aug 6, 2005 | Europe 2005
We spent the day at the Ankkarock Music Festival. It’s in Korso, about 30 minutes by tram and train from Jen’s place. Here’s a picture of Jen and I baking in Finnish sun in the “beer tent” area, for lack of a better name. There was no...
by Kevin Thom | Aug 5, 2005 | Europe 2005
Last night I went out to try the famous Finnish sauna. We went to Jen’s friend’s place. His building had a sauna on the roof, with an excellent view of the city. We sat in the sauna and broiled. I think it was set for about 90 degrees Celsius, which I...
by Kevin Thom | Aug 4, 2005 | Europe 2005
I’m back from my cruise to Stockholm. We left on Tuesday afternoon, after my walk around Helsinki’s centre. It was a two-tram ride down to the Viking cruise terminal, where we boarded the M/S Mariella. She was a large ferry, with two decks for cars, trucks...
