patternart

ey patternart! thanks for your message, yeah, i have tooons of questions! how long did you stay in venice? how about great night spots? is a 3 week stay enough to do a cross-country trip? did u get the chance to live with the locals as well? feel free to send me a message whenever you're free, i'd really appreciate it! i also have cousins born in san francisco so i might visit the place sometime in the future. :)

Hi! The legal age for drinking alcohol in Sweden is 18 years, but to buy alcohol in stores, you have to be 20. An odd law, but that's the way we do it! :P

Does anyone really think that their own hometown is exciting? ;-) Check http://www.visitreykjavik.is/ for some activities and info. English language paper: http://www.grapevine.is/ Thori

Hi again! There are two ferry companies that go from Helsinki to Stockholm and back. You might want to visit www.vikingline.fi and www.tallinksilja.com. Vikingline is usually a little bit cheaper. I think you should consider going to Stockholm by plain. Visit for example www.blue1.fi

Your profile is very cute!
Thanks for adding me! =D

Hey!
Welcome to Helsinki on February! If you're visiting Helsinki on winter time I think Feb. is a good month to come here. If you're lucky we got lots of snow and -10 to 20 C, if you're not so lucky we got snow slush everywhere and +5 C. Lets hope for the first one! :)

When you come to Helsinki I recommed that you visit at least Suomenlinna Sea Fortress. It's a Island just out side of Helsinki. Ferry takes you there and it takes only 15 minutes. In 1991 Suomenlinna included in UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Also Seurasaari open-air museum if worth to visit. If you're in to modern art, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma is interestig. Temppeliaukio Church (or Rock church as many people say) might be worth of visiting. It's a modern church carved from rock and has a stunning copper dome.

I'll send you a trip advisors link http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g189934-Activities-Helsinki_Southern_Finland.html because they've listed many good places where to go.
If you got time you can also visit a nice small city called Porvoo. It's about 60 km out side of Helsinki. Or maybe you want to do a day trip to Tallinn, Estonia? There are several ferries going there every day.

yes, actually, Israel doesn't seem to be a very safe destination lately...well, actually, in the last few years.

try to be careful...

I'm going to sleep now,
hasta pronto!
Natalia

Hi Patternart,

thanks for your answer: I've accepted your request to be my travel buddy, obviously.

I know it's anti-italian never to have been to Venice or Roma, I know...I'm quite ashamed of myself actually!
I'm now planning a trip to Florence and Pisa, but after that, the next step should be Roma, and then Venice...

all depends on how much money I can save in the meantime, of course!

A presto,
Natalia

Hi patternart,

my name is Natalia, and I'm writing to you because your profile and the photos in your blog made me smile...and the things you wrote about yourself and your girlfriend sound really nice!

can I ask you what you mean when you write that you're a very "amature" photographer?

ciao ciao natalia

am...i wouldn't recommend it! It'll probably be cold and wet and it's a long way...Plus there are much nicer areas to visit in Ireland than that route. Would definitely recommend Galway, Cork, Kerry and Clare. Let me know if you need any info

hey can u teach me photorgraphy???????hiiiiiiiiiiiii

working from a turkish keyboard excuse the weird symbols

Drinks cheap? Honestly. İ wouldn*t know as İ am a woman and all of mine were purchased for me!!!! The perks of being a woman!!! But İ don*t remember any of the tourists complaining about the drink pricesç

do u speak italian? if so we can speak in italian, ok?
ago

hello, thx for the add. my bro lives in padova. here it's very hot during the summer specially this year..we r having about 35, 40 degrees evry day for 3 weeks now. did you visit the garda Lake? i hope so. when are you coming exactly? as i am going on vacation in few days

I was only in London...it was expensive but i managed to have a great time and not go too broke by staying at the St. Christopher's hostel and eating out of the supermarket. London is a great city...you definetely don't want to miss it...