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Levi
Levi Ski Resort(1)
Reindeer farm
Husky park
Levi Ski Resort(2)
Hotel & town
- Hotel,Pub
- Restaurant
- TV & newpaper
- Experiment(?)
- Wine shop

Rovaniemi
Hotel & town
Museum
Santa Claus Village
Ounasvaara hill
Town & Restaurant
Moi Moi Tour
Husky park

Mikkeli
Helsinki
Homestay
- Finnish Forest
- Joulutortu
- Horse riding
- Sauna
- Wine shop

Helsinki
Accommodation
- Tamppeliaukio
- Sibelius Park
- Helsinki city
- Old Market Hall
- Uspenski cathedral

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I said goodbye to Minori again and I went back to the station.

Pay toilet
All of the public toilets in the station were pay toilets. It was so common abroad. But I usually have to go to the toilet frequently during a trip, so I really feel inconvenienced abroad. ...I paid 3 euro for it at the station! We rarely have the chance to see that kind of the toilet in Japan. However, in Japan, I heard pay toilets were increasing in big cities in the past few years...I'll get into more trouble.

right:
This is the blue light everybody is talking about. When I actually saw it, I got really anxious....

Helsinki Railway Station was a terminal station and there was an array of trains. And they were leaving one after another.
The sight reminded me of the famous TV program "World scenery from a train window". It has been broadcasted since 1987. It is a TV program which shows the beautiful scenery from a carriage window, of landmarks along the railway line. Every Japanese knows it.

It was easy to find my train because I knew the name of the train. But it was a little bit hard to find my carriage number and my seat. It wasn't easy to understand Finnish information written on the ticket! And the carriage information was also hard to understand! I hope that a railway company in the future offer a service in English.

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