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We had gone to bed at one at night (Finnish time) in our luxurious cabin, but at four o'clock Teije woke up by a call coming from the cabin loudspeaker telling that some people had to disembark now for Åland / Marianhamina.
Finland
Elisabeth & Teije2004-03-06 13:51:51
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when we arrive at Jyväskylä, where we have a cabin near a lake. Until 12 at night people jump into it, as if it were high summer. Well, it is, certainly for the people here. Our Dutch neighbours have also arrived. We have a short talk with them and get to know they are from Purmerend, somewhere near Amsterdam. They keep to themselves, as we do, so we like them. But it is quite funny how people slowly can learn about each other on a trip like this.
At night it doesn't get dark anymore and we screen the windows with quilts, blankets and towels. But it is quite late before we turn in, because it is still very light.
Friday, June 21, Jyväskylä - Oulu
The temperature isn't bad today, but it is cloudy and sometimes it seems as if rain will be falling soon. But it doesn't fall when we are heading to Vaala. At least, Vaala it would be, we thought. But our Dutch neighbours told us they first had a reservation for Vaala but that it had been changed; so we looked at our itinerary and we also have a change of plan. This has to do with the festival of he midsummernight, the most important celebration in Scandinavia. All campings have been booked by locals long before we did.
And again we pass hundreds of lakes without seeing a bit of them.
In Reisjärvi we pass this church as the most interesting building on our journey today, although we try hard to find other places as well. Even when we are looking for a nice place to have lunch and drive on sandy paths it is hard to find a nice spot near a lake. We like Finland for its woods, but of the 50,000 lakes we have passed now, we have only seen 5! In fact, Finland falls a bit short on our expectations: we had expected a somewhat more rough nature, but the woods are straigth and reforested and the roads are long and straight without much alternation. And in this country of lakes we see see very little of them. Or is it a joke of a cartographer who draw
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