(May 21, 2015 at 7:57 pm)Pyrrho Wrote:(May 19, 2015 at 2:49 pm)PäronMårts Wrote: ...
In summer they go boating and fishing or just relaxing and sauna bathing to their summer cottages that are usually located next to lakes or the sea. Finns also like to pick berries and mushrooms. Aren't we barbaric?
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No, you don't sound barbaric. But do Finns normally just stay in Finland, and not visit other countries? Do you visit other countries?
I would visit several European countries, probably with some frequency, if they were not so far away (I am in the U.S.). The plane trip from here is quite unpleasant; I have flown across the Atlantic a couple of times, though I did not get to Finland (along with quite a few other places that I would very much like to visit).
Finns go a lot abroad, mainly to some touristic places though. With all the cheap air airlines it's just too easy to go anywhere in Europe. I've flown to Poland from my hometown for 5 euros a couple of times (the 20 minute bus ride to airport costs 3 euros). Needles to say, I have been to Poland many times (I've lost count, but it's somewhere around 10-15), mostly as way to other countries. Going to Balkans this summer for a few weeks.
I would like to visit the U.S. and do a road trip through the country, hopefully in a few years.
