Now I’m gonna be a downer here, but Helsinki should probably be renamed to Helsucky. Yeh it was a pretty little town (“city” really seems to be a stretch for a place so small and quiet), but hell this is Europe and ‘pretty’ places are a dime a baker’s dozen.
I miss coffee. Everything here is pretty damn cheap, but coffee – if you can find it – is not one of those things. It would make the early mornings a little easier, but not that I’m complaining about it, we’ve seen some pretty badical* things so far.
*my new favourite word, thanks to Dave^
^This is a real photo of Dave, with coffee (IN A BAG!!):
Our Beijing experience was pretty standard to begin with, visiting Tianamen Square and the Forbidden City. We happened to begin our Beijing stay on the Chinese labour day holiday, May Day, so everywhere we headed was packed with tourists from all over the country soaking up their long weekend.
