Saturday, March 31, 2012

Made it to Helsinki

I had a good flight to Singapore with Qantas and then changed over to Finnair and flew to Helsinki, a couple of other Australians from Sydney were on the palne as well. It is definitely cooler here, the ears were a bit touchy waiting for a bus to take us into the City centre. The other couple and 2 others who had flown in via Hong Kong were catching the train straight up to Jyvaskyla, while I have a overnight stop here in Helsinki, I have bought my train ticket for tomorrow already, I am glad somebody told me that Daylight saving starts here tomorrow, so I need to move my clock on an hour. I done a bit of a wander around the city just to kill some time until my hotel room is ready.
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Friday, March 30, 2012

Flying out to Finland today

The day started early, up at 2.30am, caught a taxi at 3.30am to the Bus station in civic, then 4.15am bus arriving at Sydney domestic terminal 7.45am, a 11am Qantas flight to Brisbane which I have now have arrived at, my Qantas international flight is due to leave at 1.45pm to Singapore, but the plane is late so there might be a delay. In Singapore I have a 4 hour break before changing onto a Finair flight to Helsinki arriving Saturday morning, I will keep you posted on the depth of snow when I get there.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Nearly ready to go to Finland

On Friday I am flying out to Finland to compete in the , World Masters Indoor Track and Field Championships in Jyvaskyla (270kms north of Helsinki), this will be my 2nd Indoor champs after competing in Canada 2 years ago. I am nearly packed, my suitcase is full of winter stuff, temp in Helsinki on Saturday when I fly is forecast for 0 to -6 with 60% chance of snow.

After Finland I am then spending 2 weeks travelling around the Baltic area.