赫尔辛基第一晚 – First Night in Helsinki

今天的记录会零碎些,因为时间比较仓促。但是记录下来就是好的 🙂

Today’s blog will be a bit scattered, because time is rather short. But today was good.🙂

坐了10个小时的飞机,终于到达赫尔辛基了,After a 10-hour flight, we finally got to Helsinki.

下了飞机到过海关的路上,很多免税店都有中文的解释 (没有其他语言),中国人的购买力真是无敌啊。

On the way to the customs we saw many duty-free shops have Chinese translations but no other languages. I guess the Chinese people’s purchasing power is really strong in Finland!

出了机场,巴士车站就在出口处,非常方便,按照胖金哥事先搜好的线路,坐615就到了我俩的Airbnb的住处。After exiting the airport, the bus station is very convenient, and according to PJG’s advance research, the 615 bus will take us to our Airbnb residence.

现在是晚上10点42,我和胖金哥安顿好Airbnb后,溜了一个多小时,终于坐下来喝杯啤酒放松一下。

It is 10:42 in the evening, an after PJG and I settled into our excellent Airbnb, we slipped away for a few hours to explore the city and now finally sat down to have a beer to relax.

这里有很多小酒吧,这个酒吧离我俩的Airbnb很近,这些外面的座位11点需要关掉,因为会影响楼上的居民。There are a lot of small bars, this bar is close to our Airbnb, these outside seating is closed at 11, to be considerate to the residents upstairs.

现在天还很亮,应该还要1个多小时太阳才能下山。

It’s still very bright outside and there is still 1 hour before the sun goes down.

我俩Airbnb旁边的街道。The street next to our Airbnb.

今天晚上没有更多的机会欣赏这个城市,第一印象是这里很安静,没有很多的人,气候凉爽,天空很蓝。

There is no more chance to enjoy the city tonight, my first impression is that it is quiet here, there are not many people and the climate is cool and the sky is blue.

一些目前注意到的简单的细节:Now some of the simple details that I noticed:

人行道标示 Sidewalk markings for pedestrians.
所有的街道名称标牌都标有芬兰的两种国家官方语-芬兰语和瑞典语 All street names are marked in the two official national languages – Finnish and Swedish
轻轨车站牌没有英文啊~~~~  不过会很贴心的显示还有多久下趟车会到站. The light rail station card does not have English!  ~ ~ ~ But it clearly shows how long before the next train will be arriving.
地铁站里有像国内的报刊零食亭,在这里可以买地铁,汽车,船等的通票。我是觉得很亲切,因为美国基本没有这个,至少湾区没有。There are newspapers and snack kiosks in the subway station where you can buy the passes for subways, cars, boats, etc. I feel very at home here, because I dont see this in the US, at least not in the Bay Area.

想要吃晚饭的时候竟然快10点了,这里的饭店基本都是10点关门,所以胖金哥我俩就在Airbnb附近找了一个还开门的饭店,吃了一顿简单的晚餐,没有吃到地道的芬兰当地食物。

When we wanted to eat dinner, it was already unexpectedly almost 10 o’clock! Most restaurants around here basically close at 10pm, therefore PJG and I found one nearby that was still open.  At this restaurant we ate a simple dinner, not the authentic Finnish local food we were planning for!

胖金哥的牛肉烤肉餐,和在美国平时吃的有很大差别。味道还不错,牛肉上面的酸奶酱有些烟熏的味道。PJG had the beef kabob, very different from we see in the United States. It tastes good, and the yogurt sauce on the beef has a smoky flavor.
我的海鲜意面,里面有很小的青口贝和虾,而且还有很软嫩的猪肉。I had the seafood spaghetti. There are very small mussel shellfish and shrimp, but also has soft and tender pork. Cheesy!

今天就到这里吧,现在是凌晨12:14,胖金哥已经累的睡着了,我看了一下窗外,没有漆黑的深夜,很像晚上8点多的感觉。

The next day has arrived!! It’s now is 12:14am. PJG is already tired and sleeping. I looked out of the window, it’s not a dark night, very much like the feeling of only 8pm at night.

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