Drilling

1am in Helsinki. This is not an appropriate time for the man next door to start drilling. I shall comfort myself by imagining screams.

Finland, lovely Finland

Oh Finland

The man in Room 303 speaks.....

I'm staying in the Best Western Hotel Hotel Katajanokka which, until fairly recently, was a prison.


All of the rooms are converted cells and they have retained the original doors, which are monstrously heavy and open outwards.

My landing has a church which doubles as a function suite.

Below: view from my landing

It's as suitably gothic and splendid a location as one can imagine, and it's nearly 11pm and it hasn't gone dark. To the best of the knowledge, they don't have 'night' here. Just an extended dusk.

Will keep you posted.



G