Lone rider 2: Helsinki

So yesterday I did Hameenlinna - Helsinki (100 km). Followed the old highway 130 for the duration of the day so not much variation in environment at all but the weather was absolutely stunning. I had to stop in the shade during the hottest hour of the day, so I took the opportunity of having a Lihapirakka+nakki+ranskalaiset meal at a truckstop along the road. Its amazing how much goes down the hatch when you are biking 6 hours a day!

I arrived to Helsinki through the Central Park, filled to the brim with joggers. Not exagerating here, the jogger-density was higher than the crying child density at Gröna Lund. I had to stop multiple times just because of cardio-crazed traffic congestion.

Anyway, In Helsinki I had the pleasure to stay the night at Laura and Eskos apartment. We even had time to do some sight-seeing in the evening. I got to see the prime ministers moominhouse and the Sibelius monument.  In the morning i went to pick up my passport from the swedish embassy. The process was relatively pain free except from the fact that they didnt accept credit card.

I then set out to find the harbour in good time. Finnlines is a little like the Ryan Air of the seas, the boat leaves from "Helsinki", but some 20+ km east of the center i found it and checked in. Almost ended up in Travemünde (not totally wrong direction) but managed to get on the right boat and here I am! What am i doing here?

Well, Im meeting friends in Berlin on the first of june. And I am sort of against flying. And I love biking. People want to know where I am all the time so I take to the blogs to satisfy them. But now i think i smelled some Golonka from the onboard restaurant, cheers!

Trip total: 3 days, 230 km