Day 5 in Helsinki: Finally, Sleep!

So after averaging about 3-4 hours of sleep a night since I arrived, I finally found the recipe for how to get some sound sleep:

1. I finally opened up my UPS shipment box which had some of my blankets in it, and banished these weird heavy/skinny duvet covers from the bed and used my fuzzy blankie instead.
   
   
2. I put on that Scientologist documentary about Jason Beghe which although interesting, is not edited very excitingly.  It's basically just him in a chair in front of a window talking for two straight hours about how he got involved with Scientology, and ultimately abandoned it, and is littered with the 8,389 Scientology acronyms that make me feel like I'm in a Microsoft meeting: SP, PTS, COB, OT, etc.  And other than the occasional husky dog who walks by in the backyard, that's it.  Zzzz...
   

So I slept for 12 hours straight last night, and totally needed it.  Much better.

Then I decided to go for a walk around my neighborhood.  Looking at the map, it looked like the waterfront was not too far from here so I wanted to check it out.  Along the way, I found several things to be excited about:

• A mini-golf course a few short blocks away
• A beach
  
• Some cute turtle sitting stones
• A coffee shop/cafe/bar/sauna/laundromat...all in one
  
• A tennis complex!  Complete with a bunch of indoor courts and one outdoor clay court!

Oh, and a word about the weather which I am surprised I haven't commented on.  Um, yeah, it's cold.  Today when I was walking around, it was 2°C.  (That's 35.6°F.)  It wasn't actively drizzling, but it has been so the ground was all wet.  And you know what?  It wasn't that bad.  You definitely have to rug up and I need more sensible boots, but since I've arrived I haven't yet felt like I was going to die.  It helps that it's only cold outside.  Once you're inside (buses, shops, offices, apartments) everything is incredibly well-heated and insulated.  Double paned windows, double doors, heated floors in the bathrooms, towel warmers...I think it's going to be okay.