フィンランド旅行 20/08/04 - 29/08/04 Day 4
フィンランドのホテルはほとんど、朝食、サウナ、子供のプレイルームつき。朝食はバッフェ形式で、きゅうり、とまと、レタスなど野菜も豊富で、パンケーキのデザートなどもあるのが特徴だ。タンペレで泊まったScandicホテルでは、周辺名物のブラックソーセージがあった。ちょっとアイリッシュのブラックプディングみたいだ。北欧は「チャイルドフレンドリー」の地域らしく、子供用プレイルームは、ホテルだけではなく、列車の中にもあったり、子供用の「おまる」なんかも、船や列車、レストランなどのトイレに必ず置いてあった。もちろん、サウナはフィンランドが発祥の地だ。
昨晩も下腹部痛があって脂汗であまり眠れなかったがチェックアウトぎりぎりの12時ぐらいまでホテルでうだうだし、少し痛みが改善された為ヘルシンキへ行くことにした。インターシティーで2時間、30ユーロほど。ヘルシンキで2泊するところは夏の間だけ旅行者に開放している、大学の寮。それでも一泊70ヨーロ。テレビもシャンプーもないが、平日ヘルシンキで普通に泊まると高いからしょうがない。
夜はカタリーナと合流した。彼女の好物サイダーに氷がデフォルトで入れられるのが興味深かった。
Summer holiday in Finland 20/08/04 - 29/08/04 Day 4
In Finland, most of the hotels provide breakfast, sauna and children's play room for guests. The selection at breakfast buffet is really good. It usually includes fresh vegetables like cucumbers, tomatoes and lettuce or nice pancake dessert. At Scandic hotel in Tampere, they also had black sausages, which are the region speciality in Tampere. Black sausages are like Irish black pudding. Northern Europe seems to be 'Child friendly' area. Play rooms for kids are found not only in hotels but also in Intercity trains. Potties for small kids are prepared in most of the ladies toilet, even in the train or boat. And of course, Sauna is originally from Finland.
I could not sleep well last night as the abdominal pain got worse. I tossed and turned sweating during night. We stayed in the hotel till 12 o'clock, just before the checkout time, then decided to head for Helsinki as I felt a bit better. It took about 2 hours for 30 Euro by Intercity. We booked a student house for 2 nights. Student house is usually for university students but it is open for tourists during summer holiday. It's 70 Euro per night. It's quite cheap for weekday rate in Helsinki, but no shampoo nor soap. Never mind.... it's cheap accommodation.
We saw Katariina for dinner. We went for drinks at a bar in the hotel near Helsinki rail station later. It was quite interesting that they serve Katariina's favourite cider (alcoholic!) with ice cubes in it!
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