We’ve left the sun behind in Finland! After a leisurely breakfast we set out to see the sights of Reykjavik in a drizzly rain that lasted all day. A stroll down the main shopping street, Laugavegur , we checked out a selection of the ( many) souvenir stores before a…
Most of the day was spent in transit, Simon and Jatta met us in the lobby just after ten and we hit the road back to Helsinki airport. Everything went very smoothly with checkin and we had our Icelandair boarding passes all ready to go. The flight was a bit…
Jetlag is a beast! I suppose I was lucky that I slept through to 5am but there was no way my bodyclock was going to let me sleep any later. We had another slow start, with a leisurely breakfast and a bit of blogging but we decided to head outside…
A good night’s sleep in a proper bed is like heaven after 2 days of travel! The bed was comfy and breakfast was abundant – some interesting options on the breakfast buffet that are very familiar to Finns but new to us – Karelian Pies are an oval pastry tart…
What a special day today was. We had been looking forward to it ever since Simon left Australia in August last year. The flight from Hong Kong was on Finnair and the service on the plane was outstanding. Finnair like to feature the lovely Finnish designs of their country, I…
