Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Traveller's hint - don't come to Helsinki and expect good pizza

I eventually made it here - didn't get on the plane until about 12:30, then got stuck on the runway for ages - I kept drifting off. Perhaps 40 mins? Got the bus, then tram to the hostel - very simple accommodation, but I came too late to do a wash, breakfast is served from 7, so I plan to get up nice and early, eat, then do laundry and hopefully I will have clean clothes by daylight! I had a quick shower here - thank goodness they provided soap, because I seem to have left my lovely toilet bag at Scott's! Darn it, still, most of the stuff in it can be left behind. When I'd showered, I went and grabbed a bite to eat - I didn't want to go far, so had a choice of Indian, Italian, Chinese or Subway - and I think I may be in a slightly dodgy part of town, because there are a lot of signs around saying "sex". I'm avoiding those. I grabbed a pizza at the Italian place - should have gone Subway, I reckon! I was going to get a plain pasta, something simple, but everything had "blue cheese" - which I think is a mistake. Oh, I am so tired I am about to fall asleep typing - bodes well for sleeping tonight! Anyhow, the pizza was pretty yuk, and very large, so I left a fair bit. Tomorrow, I will find some pickled fish! I passed a convenience store, so I'm going to go back and buy a toothbrush and some toothpaste - will get me through until tomorrow!

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