European Trip Breakdown

view of Finland from the airplane

So, you might be wondering how the trip was organized. Here is the breakdown:

• June 28: flight to Chicago; flight to Copenhagen.
• June 29: flight to Helsinki; meet family at Helsinki airport; drive to Turku.
• June 30: Turku; drive to Rauma
• July 1: Rauma; drive to Vaasa
• July 2: Vaasa; drive to Tampere, pick up Michael
• July 3: Tampere; drive to Helsinki
• July 4: Helsinki; take cruise ship to St. Petersburg
• July 5: St. Petersburg
• July 6: St. Petersburg, cruise ship back to Helsinki
• July 7: Helsinki; flight to Warsaw
• July 8: Warsaw
• July 9: Warsaw
• July 10: Warsaw; flight back to Washington D.C.

Here are a couple maps (with all visited places circled) for your convenience:

Cities visited: 7
Family members: 7
Family members missing: 1
Seats in car: 9
Flights barely made: 4
Flights taken: 5
Shuttle buses shouldn't have made: 1
Medieval Fairs visited: 1
Naps taken by me: 0
Magnum bars eaten: 4
Churches visited: 9
Mormon churches visited: 2
Night skies seen: 3
Rain showers caught in: 3
Russian dance performances seen: 2
Good dance performances: 1
Books read: 5
Hungarian phrases learned: 3
Times Harry Potter was mentioned: unknown
Posts to be written: a lot

I have lots I want to share and I'm trying to figure out how to organize to make it easiest to read and to enjoy. I am struggling being home. Don't want to be at work. Don't want to eat American food. Don't want to unpack. Don't want to find a new book to start (any suggestions?).

The thing getting me through today? Knowing Harry Potter is coming out tomorrow. I am SO excited!