The First Night to Stay on a Train! (April 11)

This is the first time we get to Helsinki. We spent all the day for a city tour! We visited the Uspensky Orthodox Cathedral, Sibelius Monument, Temppeliaukio Church, and Olympic Stadium. The most interesting thing is that there was a Market Square besides the harbor. Lots of women, especially elder ones, were selling weaving scarfs and hats. Those hand-made products were full of exotic features. To our astonishment, we found a “FOX” scarf! It's made of real fox fur. We even saw the fox HEAD on the scarf! All of us felt sorry for the poor fox. By the evening, all of us got to the main station for taking the night train. It had to take us more than 13 hours to get close to the arctic circle. We were so excited to sleep on the train. There are three beds in each cabinet. Since there is not so much space, our beds are embedded on the wall vertically. For us, it was much fun to use a ladder to go to bed. With the vibration of our train, we slept like a baby in a cradle and had a sweet dream on the way north.