Helsinki 1

Fairly briefly, because I've been up just about forever--and it hasn't been night yet.

Finland is gorgeous.

We spent 7 hours in the air, between 8 and 9 hours in the plane, but life is like that, and has been ever since I've been traveling.  I used to fly through Helsinki with my parents, when you had to break flights to Europe either in Helsinki or Shannon because you couldn't get to London or Paris with out refueling.  I don't remember what Helsinki airport looked like in 1950-something, but ...