Europe

  • Helsinki, Finland – a 24 hour visit

    We had to have a longer layover in Helsinki, Finland, so when scheduling our flights, we prolonged our connecting flight to be over 24 hours apart so that we could explore some of the city. We were hoping to spend the day getting a taste of the Finnish culture both literally and figuratively and here is how it all came together. To quickly explain how we used our cell phone data while abroad, we each accumulate twelve international day use passes throughout the year (one free per month). So, while traveling in Europe, one of us would use one of these international day passes when we didn’t have access to…