Some time ago Shingo and Gerda decided that we should totally go to Finland. Actually it pretty much went down like this (Shingo on left, me on right):

And when a few days later Gerda was at work, I was sleeping and she called me and asked if I'm coming with them and I was just napping after work and super tired and I was just like yeah whatever sure. This night Gerda bought us tickets and Sade agreed to come to Helsinki to show us around! Yay. Pretty spontaneous but awesome. Also, I'd never been to Finland, not to mention Pirita beach so Shingo was determined to show me the world.

We left at 8 am on 16th of June and came back the same day at 5 pm. So it was one super long day, but I think just enough to see Helsinki. Although I'd really wanted to go to one more place Sade said we should. But well, next time! Helsinki is like... so close. Viljandi is twice as far from Tallinn.

At first there was some problem with Shingo's ticket when we were boarding, but we managed to get on a ferry and around 9:40 we were in Helsinki, and Sade was already waiting for us. Shingo actually had to attend some meeting, so we sent him wherever he had to go and went to look around to get some food. Food is really important, people!

...But oh so expensive. At least in Finland. We actually went to some Nepalian resturant since it started serving lunch already at 10:30 and got some chicken with stuff. At least me and Gerda did.

Then we just walked around constantly for hours, stopping for some shops. I actually met a girl from Viljandi there as well! And our longest stop was probably Starbucks, hehe. Me and Gerda ordered some white chocolate coffee thingy and it was super delicious but so sweet since we both added sugar. Well, I took the big one so I thought it needed it... yeah. Anyway, that was when my constant headache finally decided it was time to give me some freedom, so all was good.

We only met Shingo at 2 pm and when we went back to... Starbucks actually. :DAnd did some more shopping and walking around. The weather showered us a little, but most of the time it was quite warm and sunny, which was super nice. But still, why are street signs with YELLOW? Why does everything look like it's written by Estonians who are super drunk?

To let me find answers to these questions, I suppose I need to visit Helsinki a lot more. So until next time~!

Right now it's 23rd of June, Midsummer day and I was working and I'm also working tomorrow. Gerda and Linda and others are away, but at least I have Sade in Skype. :)