Helsinki, in defense of pantslessness, beginning of the epic
So, Because my family read this (hiyis) I feel it incumbent upon me to fill in the full story of the pants incident. So we get the carriage with the one eyed hunchback guy and the girl with the transparent knicks. And Im up in the very top bunk, getting tucked up for bed. Iäm a little wierded out by the whole thing, and donät know quite what to be doing. So, I decide, the hell with it, Iäll get a bit of kip.
Now seriously, who sleeps in trousers? So, I discreetly depantsed myself. (by discreetly i mean, i said "right, Iäm taking my pants off" & followed up.)
The second sleeper train, we got split up, and I ended up sharing my cabin with a beautiful polish scientist on her way back from an aluminium conference in siberia. And let me tell you the things that went on in that cabin! (a little awkward but polite conversation, a bit of a read and an early night)
ON to real business. Helsinki.
We got into Helsinki yesterday, from Warsaw. We all agree, this place is lovely. (if a little cold - we had to stock up on hats, scarves and thermal underwear, mmm attractive)
Theyäve a tractor themed restaurant here - Zetor, where we had our dinner last night (had to, really -what with the high proportion of culchies in our little band), and just now, we´re letting a good feed of reindeer sandwiches settle. (very salty, not unlike salami)
We´ve spent our time here doing the usual sightseeing, I took a bit of a run around the old olympic training ground & we did a bit of postcarding. (send us yeer postal addresses!)
The other focus of today has been preparing for russia. Tomorrow morning, we take a train to St. Petersburg. (dendenDeeeeeh!) We picked up a bunch of roubles, enough books to keep a small library going & an awful lot of boil-in-the enamel-picnic-mug noodles. We could survive a nuclear war at this stage. (and who knows, we may have to)
Anyway, probably time for bed now, will keep ye all posted as we progress onto the more epic, trans-siberian portion of the trip.
Andy, currently wearing pants.
Now seriously, who sleeps in trousers? So, I discreetly depantsed myself. (by discreetly i mean, i said "right, Iäm taking my pants off" & followed up.)
The second sleeper train, we got split up, and I ended up sharing my cabin with a beautiful polish scientist on her way back from an aluminium conference in siberia. And let me tell you the things that went on in that cabin! (a little awkward but polite conversation, a bit of a read and an early night)
ON to real business. Helsinki.
We got into Helsinki yesterday, from Warsaw. We all agree, this place is lovely. (if a little cold - we had to stock up on hats, scarves and thermal underwear, mmm attractive)
Theyäve a tractor themed restaurant here - Zetor, where we had our dinner last night (had to, really -what with the high proportion of culchies in our little band), and just now, we´re letting a good feed of reindeer sandwiches settle. (very salty, not unlike salami)
We´ve spent our time here doing the usual sightseeing, I took a bit of a run around the old olympic training ground & we did a bit of postcarding. (send us yeer postal addresses!)
The other focus of today has been preparing for russia. Tomorrow morning, we take a train to St. Petersburg. (dendenDeeeeeh!) We picked up a bunch of roubles, enough books to keep a small library going & an awful lot of boil-in-the enamel-picnic-mug noodles. We could survive a nuclear war at this stage. (and who knows, we may have to)
Anyway, probably time for bed now, will keep ye all posted as we progress onto the more epic, trans-siberian portion of the trip.
Andy, currently wearing pants.
posted by Andy at 7:07 PM
2 Comments:
I posted about greeting the heating and cooling guy while 'pantsless' once... great stuff.
well at least the purchasing of extra underwear makes the pantless situation less of a risk
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