Beauty is Expensive

From København the border to Sweden is only about 30 minutes by train. We stopped at an old historical town just on the east side of division, spent a cozy village day, and then on towards the big city, Stockholm by night train. It was in our rough plan to visit much of Norway, but decided at the last minute to put it off until the next trip. Without any reservation we step off the train and tried to find an accommodation, but nothing was available within our budget, possibly because of the weekend, so again, we changed our plan to spend a day here and leave on a night ferry for Turku, Finland the same day.

Beautifully structured cities, and warm suburbs with history. Kind, reserved people, and...well, it can sometimes be too buttery but very flavorful meal. Last but not least, fine start-of-a-summer weather, and good old rock 'n roll playing everywhere. Traveling Scandinavia in early summer is full of fun for all, but is costly, even for a couple who earned fairly in the most expensive city in the world. It appears expensive to us especially because our trip will need to exceed beyond fjörds and meatballs, but are planning things on daily basis. Everything needs Kroners, from a floor to sleep on, bread to make sandwiches, surfing on Internet, even to use toilet, but is a dilemma as I know this is how they keep things in order, clean, and on time.

Upon arriving Turku, the south west port of Finland, at 7:00AM, we stumble our way to catch the train to Helsinki; the first destination where I have previously been. Hoping to sleep for most of 3.5 hour-ride, we each take empty row of seats, but people without a proper reservation of seats have no rights over those who do, and we were soon asked to kindly change seats.