What to do on a rainy day in January in Finland's beautiful capital? Except for shopping, of course, which is always tempting here especially now when there's sales on. Well, there's cinemas (original version with finnish subtitles mostly) and restaurants and walks along the beaches, or even a trip with the ferry to Suomenlinna.
I decided to explore the finnish national museum, and I spent four hours learning on people living in the area now called Finland in the last 20 000 years. It was a fascinating lecture on life in the northernmost places in Europe.
Coming back to the 21st century when the museum closed for the day, I met Elsis (under the balls in front of the main station, as per usual) to go to Sofia's for a sauna party. Sofia is lucky to live in a wonderful spacy flat in a lovely house dating from early 20th century. With a sauna connected to kitchen and livingroom. The guys went first to sweat a bit, then the gurls. In the meantime the guys were so nice as to grill the sausages that go with a sauna. So nice and relaxing, especially on a dark and cold winter's day.
We were back home in Kliment's flat in Huopalahti just before midnight. Today Elsis had to work really early, and I slept until late. Tomorrow morning it will be me who has to get up soon to catch my flight to Riga. So it's packing and getting ready for my last day in Finland. Sigh.
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