Vacation time!
I have two weeks of vacation time starting on Sunday, that is tomorrow is still work as usual, but on Monday I’m on holiday…
This is perfect, since we’re going to take a day-cruise over the Gulf of Finland from Helsinki to Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. The cruise includes – get this; a buffet breakfast! They have no idea I’m coming, obviously. Otherwise, they’d cancel the buffet idea. They’ll be running out of eggs and meats in no time. Well, serves them right for charging 9,50€ per person for the buffet. And to put this is perspective; the entire cruise costs about 10€ per person.
Cruises to Tallinn are very popular, and the Estonians have a special nickname for Finns; Poro. It’s the Finnish word for reindeer, and it isn’t meant as a flattery in any way, shape or form. (However, Wiki had this interesting thing to say about the word.) This again, is largely due to my fellow countrymen and their unfortunate predisposition for hard alcohol drinking. We drink more than even the Irish per capita.
The riot in Tallinn yesterday has made their government ban the sale of alcohol altogether though until May 2nd. Not that I mind, but some might.