After our stay in Hungary, we decided to go on a whirlwind, 6-week-long trip to 4 countries: Finland, Amsterdam, Germany, and Poland. We could only stay for a few more weeks in the EU, so we had to hit all of the schools we missed in the spring. We packed up our bags, said goodbye to our sweet apartment in Budapest, and boarded a sweet (free-WiFi, free drinks, free food) Norwegian Airlines flight to Helsinki. I had never had any interest in the Scandinavian countries before I had met Billy. Finland, Norway, Denmark...they were all really cold places where people ate jellied fish and had ruddy cheeks. My interest in Finland piqued when I met Billy's mom, Donna. Her dad was 100% Finnish and the little town where she lived, Rockland, MI, is a Finn town. Since having Des and knowing that part of his makeup is Finnish, I became more and more interested in visiting.
Most every listing we saw for Helsinki had advertised that it had a sauna in the building. The two listings we ended up picking (because of price concerns) did not. Maybe my experience in Helsinki would have been better if I was able to soak up the heat in a sauna, but I couldn't do it anyway since I was about 8 weeks pregnant at the time.
Most every listing we saw for Helsinki had advertised that it had a sauna in the building. The two listings we ended up picking (because of price concerns) did not. Maybe my experience in Helsinki would have been better if I was able to soak up the heat in a sauna, but I couldn't do it anyway since I was about 8 weeks pregnant at the time.