The above is the word of the day. It's how the Finns say "hello." Happily, the Finns do not often say "excuse me" (or its Finnish equivalent, "anteeksi"). This fact made it possible for me to bump into all manner of people in the Sello Shopping Mall in Espoo without having to utter any Finnish words besides the word of the day, "hei."
I'm pretty tired from jet lag, but I will report the following:
My hotel is awesome. It has heated floors in the bathroom and a flat screen TV. If I didn't live in New York, I might consider the room small. But in comparison to some studios I've seen, it's positively spacious.
The less-than-stellar fact about my hotel is that it's in a mall. Well, connected to a mall. This meant that I was able to witness the frenzied pre-Christmas shopping of hundreds of Finns while I attempted to buy some gloves today. Based on that limited experience, I have concluded that Finnish kids don't get as excited as American kids when going to see Santa in the mall. Perhaps this is because Santa lives right here in Finland. They can see him all year long.
I had Chinese buffet for lunch and Indian food for dinner. I suppose I'll eat Finnish food at some point. Maybe at my hotel's restaurant, whose menu lists both reindeer burgers AND bear burgers. Reindeer v. Bear: winner to be determined later.
5 comments:
Your hotel looks fabulous, and I can't wait to hear the outcome of the reindeer v. bear burger debate...
So is your hotel your apt? Are you in one of the "extended stay" rooms with the kitchenette?
Definitely go for the bear burger. Reindeer is too close to venison and is served with a red nose. I miss you tons. Please do write with details of the nokia offices. Everyone have a bluetooth headset on?
Katelyn says don't eat reindeer... and she's jealous of your close proximity to Santa (even if she doesn't like him).
burger off time
I have $5 here that says bear wins. Who's got the guts to back pussy-pissy reindeer burger?
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