Home Sweet Home

On Wednesday evening, a tired (exhausted) but happy (nice to be home) group of travellers reached Vaasa airport and dove into all the hugs of spouses and boyfriends. Our flights were not problem-free, for example, the first one from Winnipeg never left, so for a while we feared having to postpone our arrival in Finland, but thanks to friendly ground stewards at the airport, we were rescheduled and on our way.

I personally also had a small mishap on the way tp Chicago since a combination of a sleepy traveller in front on me and a hot cup of coffe on my table ended up buring my legs and soaking my jeans with hot coffee already on the first leg of the trip- not fun- but luckily Henna had experience of this ;) and could advise me that it would all dry and leave no stains, which is actually did and didn't.

After some 30+ hours of travelling from the hotel to home (at least I lost track of counting and the time zones), it was so nice to sleep in my own bed and be back home. I think most of us have suffered some jetlag these last days (therefore the blog hasn't really been updated for a while, sorry). I, for example, had a few short (3h) nights, but now I'm back on track and working and in another four days, I go on summer holidays.

It's time to declare our Canadian adventure finished, it's true that all good comes to an end, although it's always a bit sad. At this point I want to thank all who have hosted us, remembering our time in Canada, all the nice people we met, will always come first to our minds.

Another thing that I will always remeber is the ressemblance between the two countires. Although the distance between us is huge, there seem to be much more in common than apart. For instance, the landscapes, the forests, the animals, the peolpe, the cultures and even the humour just struck me as positively familiar.

I also want to thank my great Finnish GSE team-mates; Petra, Henna, Ville and Ilkka. Travelling together was great fun and you will be my firends for a long time. Since my visa card expired during the journey, I hope I didn't use our friendship too much ;) in having to rely on your loans- thank you once again Petra and Henna, and special thanks to the two of you for all our laughs and insides!

THANK YOU everyone and see you soon somewhere again!
Hugs,
Karin