First Batch of Photos from Finland

I took my camera out today and went shuttercrazy .... .. a bit. Lets try to annotate these photos one by one, shall we? :)



This is the elevator in my apartment. Very old school! You have to pull on a door to get inside.



My apartment. I'm on the top left-most room.



Free furniture anyone? People leave furniture behind all the time and when we clean out our dorms, we're not allowed to leave things in the hallway for fire safety reasons. Everyone dumps stuff there!



Bike corral! Many of these exist throughout the streets within Helsinki and our apartments. Bikes are truly the quick way to travel on cheap. Plus, workout!



Clean my clothes here! The sauna is supposed to be here too, but I only see the one for females and not males.. Have to ask. Sauna is a highly traditional Finnish thing to do where they take their mind off everything and just relax.



Our trash facilities. I am SO not the one going to be dumping the trash in the winter. The trash facilities are only about 50m away from the exit of our apartment, but it'll be freezing cold. T_T



From left to right, Ida Aalbergintie 1C, 1B, 1A



The only Chinese restaurant I've found so far.. Its Shanghainese(??) cuisine, but I'm not sure if they can speak any Cantonese. If they can, that would be great!



Alepa, the mini supermarket which is 5 minutes away from our dorms. Has a bit of everything here, but for better shopping, go to Prisma instead.



Many Finnish roads are separated like this. The sidewalks are roughly 1.5 times the width of those we have in Canada.



Finnish highway system is very efficient. 4 lanes both ways!



Prisma - the huge supermarket where I'll be spending the majority of my daily expenses.



GUYS. ITS SCII!!!!



Hi Miche, look, its the moomins!