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A Finnish finish

Posted by ScottBorg | 30th July 2007

After 120 days on the road we arrived at our final destination, Helsinki. We had heard that the Finns were famous for inventing the sauna and with only 5 days left we were pretty tired and keen to unwind after 4 months of travelling. We met a couple, Andrew and Terhi in St Petersburg who were from Melbourne. Andrew is a Maltese Aussie and Terhi a Finn and they invited us to give them a call if we were passing through Terhi´s home town of Tampere so they could show us the sights.

We had a fantastic day with them experiencing some local cuisine (black sausage amongst others), wandering through the woods picking wild berries and our highlight - experiencing a local public sauna. The sauna experience was fantastic and we were glad to have a Finn with us to talk us through the routine. Basically, you sit in the sauna for as long as you can stand the heat

Continued | Scott and Elise's European Adventurer

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