I don't even wanna blog about Helsinki

9 January and 10 January:

What you basically have to know is I wandered, I looked around, and, miraculously, I got bored.  I was pretty much done with Helsinki on the 9th, and I wondered why I booked a flight that was at 9:00pm because that gave me a whole extra day in Helsinki to wander and wonder what else there is to do.  Helsinki is a city where you go with friends to hang out with friends.  Yes, there are some cool sights, but I was more involved in the shopping scene.  There was an Open Air museum that would have been fantastic, but it was only open in the summer.

There was food from the Forum, the National Museum of Finland was interesting.  Paid 5EUR to wander and learn about Vikings and see an exhibit all about dollhouses, which was really interesting.  I liked that one.  Also wandered around the treasury in the basement and looked at all the coins both old and new.  Even saw an American dollar in there which I thought interesting.  Also saw some really fancy and expensive goblets and jewelry from the Days of Yore.  That was pretty too.

On the 10th, I took a tram around the city center and saw the Opera House, the Olympic Stadium, and the Finlandia building.  Also found a store that had a plethora of Star Wars memorabilia in the window, so of course I tracked that down to find out what else was in it.  I'm pretty sure that store out-geeked even me, but I did find a Pokemon Yellow Version in the vintage video game section.  I picked it up to check the price (99EUR!) and a worker came up and asked if I needed anything.  I said no, but started a conversation anyway.  I told him how I still have my Yellow Version and we continued to talk about old games and how they're awesome but forgotten because of new games.  Then we got onto the subject of Halo and that occupied our time for the next three minutes.  He was really nice.  Kind of socially awkward, but sweet.

The flight back home was uneventful.  It took off thirty minutes later than it said it would, but according to the complaints of the guy behind me, that was completely normal.  Alicia called while I was on the bus back to Central London, I told her that I'm almost there, it'll probably be another hour considering I have to take night buses back to Lambeth North with the Tube closed.  And that's what I did.  It was kind of sketch considering it was bar closing time, but I did alright.  Just kept an eye on my surroundings and made sure I had a hand on my spray deodorant.  All was well.

Got back to the dorm at 1am.  The security guard let me in because he recognized me.  He asked how my holiday was, and I told him it was fantastic.  Then he let me up to Alicia's room where she had a better air mattress that didn't leak with sheets and an awesome pillow.  They were leftovers from Siri and Marianne and Carina who had left things behind when they returned to Scandinavia.