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It was the longest treck ever from pick-up at my hotel in Pori to my front door - 42 hours continuous travel! Due to my round-the-world ticket I returned the long way from Finland flying Helsinki-New York-Los Angeles-Sydney in one hit (I didn't end up stopping in LA and visiting Jeff Beal). Funny word play in Finland: I was sitting with some Finnish friends. I have met some of the nicest people in my 3 visits to Finland. Many Finns will readily admit that, like so many other nations, there is some degree of enthusiasm for drinking there. We were ready to go, having ordered our drinks some time ago but I still had a lot of beer in my glass while theirs was empty. Eyeing my glass and my comparatively less enthusiastic drinking rate, one said "I can see you're not Finnish". Beautiful.