In the final installment of the Lost Pictures, we look at Helsinki.  About 2-3 weeks ago (around 29 March).  What a difference those weeks make!  There is a distinct possibility in Helsinki that they will miss out on Spring and jump directly to summer, weather-wise.  I was in the taxi as we were driving to work.

Baby, it’s cold outside!

My most recent trip to Berlin (1-3 April) was rather uneventful.  And that was actually just how I wanted it to be.  At this point I am pretty comfortable with certain sections of the city, and I feel confident enough on my own to take the public transportation, with my sporty bad and iPod video to keep my company.

In a change, I actually arrived to Berlin on a Saturday.  I was supposed to take a flight from Copenhagen to Berlin because I was supposed to be working there for a week; however, business plans changed and I was forced to be in other parts of Scandinavia, so I had to book an additional flight from Stockholm to Copenhagen to make my original flight.  So it was basically SAS from Stockholm to Copenhagen and then EasyJet from Copenhagen to Berlin.

On the flight, sat next to a really cool guy.  He moved to Berlin with his girlfriend and he was just in Copenhagen to visit family for the weekend.  I meant to ask for his number to keep in touch, but I forgot.  I didn’t forget…I was in a rush.  On the way into the city, I managed to get lost.  Robin called and offered to help me out, but I declined.  I was going to have to make it on my own — even if that meant it took me longer than planned.  Part of the problem was that normally there is a direct train from Berlin’s smaller Schönefeld airport into the city.  However, on the weekends there is construction so that you have to make 1 or 2 connections.  Of course I could have taken a taxi, but that would have been €30 compared to the €2.10 to take public transport.  But I eventually went with instinct and only managed to delay myself about 15 minutes longer than planned.

So this weekend was more low key.  Saturday I met up with people and went out.  On Sunday morning I came back to my hotel and was tired, but there was the Berlin marathon happening right outside the hotel.  No sleep for the weary.  Instead of getting angry, I took some pictures.

Free Government Cheese Downtown! Run!

One of the things that makes the Radisson SAS Berlin so cool — besides the fact that it is really close to transportation to the airport and around the city — is that there is a huge really cool fish tank in the center of the lobby.  The fish tank is meters upon meters high — as tall as the hotel itself.  I took some pics when I was there in March.

I have been forgetting my regular camera a lot lately, so again, all taken with my digital camera.

Something Fishy

I’ve been rather inspired lately by all of the photo blogs.  So as I was cleaning out my phone, I came across a bunch of pictures I have taken, but have never done anything with.  So I will be posting some of them over the next few days.

First up, Copenhagen…

I took this from the 11th floor of the hotel.  It was 07.30 in the morning in the middle of February.  But no more of that no-sun nonsense!  The sun is starting to make its way up around 06.00 or 06.30 now.  In a couple of months it will never really set and come up by 03.00.  Those lights in the sky aren’t flying saucers — they are the lights in the lobby area.