A very early start today to pick my friend George up from her house in Canterbury before travelling to Gatwick for our flight to Helsinki with Easyjet. The journey to Gatwick was quite quick and when we arrived at the car park it didn’t take long for a bus to […]
Category: 2009 Helsinki
A weekend away in Finland to explore Helsinki and see a Nightwish concert.
Helsinki Day 2 – Sightseeing
A fairly leisurely start to the day today. After waking and having breakfast we went for a nice walk to the tip of the peninsula that Helsinki is on, past the ferry terminals and stopping to take photos on the way. After relaxing for a bit to take in the […]
Helsinki Day 3 – Nightwish
Today was the day I had been looking forward to the most – the day I would see the final show in Nightwish’s world tour at the epic Hartwall Areena. We would spend much of the day at the venue queuing but decided to take in some sights first. Helsinki […]
Helsinki Day 4 – Returning Home
Today was only really taken up with getting home. We had a lazy start to the day, showered, packed etc then walked slowly to the bus station via the market square again for some last minute photos. The bus to the airport doesn’t accept tourist cards so we had to […]