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Yep, I finally managed to reach Helsinki after 10 days spent wandering about Europe by train… we’ve seen Mainz (Germany), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Copenaghen (Denmark) and Bergen (Norway).

From there I reached Stockholm and, by overnight ferry, Helsinki.

Right now I’m busy trying to arrange all the paperwork and finding some basic furniture for my room… I don’t even have a bed right now! (apparently Finns don’t provide beds in their student dormitories)

Lessons are bound to start in 5 days time, so I’ll need to have everything fixed by then. We’ll see.

I’m planning this summer’s trip – right now the destination is Eastern Europe and Russia (we abandoned the idea of visiting Iceland because of logistic problems). As usual this is going to be anything but relaxing (let’s see if the Land Cruiser will fail again this year…) – and that means fun!

Roughly, the main destinations are Ukraine (Kiev, Chernobyl), Russia (Moskva, Novgorod, Sankt Petersburg, Kaliningrad), Estonia (Tallinn), Latvia (Riga). Any suggestions about what to see or to do along (or even slightly off) that path would be great.