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Let’s inspire not impress each other

Helsinki #7. Common Ground.
The next day I met with Lyndsey again at the train station, and we went for a walk in the rain, which was no big deal since we both come from proverbially rainy countries. She suggested to go to the botanical gardens, which I found a good idea. It took us a little while to ...
Helsinki #6. A beer in the Belly.
Got up late. Apart from writing, done not much.

At night, we went to a well-known Helsinki pub called Belly. So we had a beer and played a game of table soccer. Two DJ's played some modern jazz which became pretty danceable after not too much alcohol. I ran into two Dutch guys who ...
Helsinki #5. Writing.
Friday, October 24th. Wrote a few pages and I was quite content because I could feel my fingers.
In the evening an other group came at Ilpo's place, and we chatted until one. They were nice exchange students who studied in Finland from France, Spain, and Germany. I got to speak German again which felt ...
Helsinki #4. Suomenlinna.

The rhythm of 11 o'clock awakening seemed to have been established. It rained that day, but cleared up enough for me to decide to visit the famous island with the castle on it, Suomenlinna.

On the ferry, that was included in Helsinki's regular transportation system, I met a British girl called Lyndsey, and ...
Helsinki #3. Dry feet.
Another day started with a lazy morning and a tasty breakfast. I joined Ilpo to his office and decided to go to the Art Museum "Atheneum". Before that I walked in another shoemaker's shop and asked him if you could repair the crack in my sole. He said "yes, I can", and started working immediately. ...
Helsinki #2. Wet feet.
My night on the couch at Inko's place was very comfortable, and I woke up around 11. A quick breakfast with cereals and pesto-toast replenished my energy, and I walked into a mild Helsinki day. I spent this day writing and blogging, but I was concerned about my shoes, because the left one had a ...
Helsinki #1. How to grow a Swede.
I got up at 6am (why do I write the 'am'? Getting up at 6pm is not really about the kind of trip I'm making), so got up at six, slipt slyly out of my bed, packed my back, left a thank you note for Ellu on the table, took a banana and sneaked out ...
Tallin #4
And so a few days passed. Hosted by very friendly Estonians that made me feel really welcome, I managed to write some pages and finish the German story I was working on, plus some other stuff. Well, this is not my writer's blog (as opposed to writer's block) anyway. I had a great time and ...
Tallinn #3
Another day went by in peaceful reflection and writing. I stayed at Ellu's place now, a very friendly Estonian whom I met at the party my first night there. I produced enough pages to be content and lie back in complacency at night.
I still saw something of Tallinn though...


Well, that's Estonia: ...