Saturday 26 September 2009

Trip to Helsinki - Blog 6

TUESDAY 22 SEPTEMBER
0900 hrs – Got up and had toast and ham then some Syltsprits Hillosilmä for breakfast

1030 hrs – Left luggage at the apartment and headed down to Market Square

1100 hrs – Arrived at Market Square and had a look around

1215 hrs – Stopped at one of the market stalls and had sausages and potatoes

1230 hrs – Left Market Square and headed back to the apartment to pick up the luggage. Dad went and got luggage while mum and I had a look in a jewellers across the road from the apartment. We then headed to the taxi rank just round the corner and got a taxi to the airport.

1440 hrs – Arrived at Helsinki Vantaa Airport, had a drink and a muffin at Coffee Spoon, got checked in, went to the loo then went through security and headed to the gate

1735 hrs – Boarded the 1755 hrs flight to Heathrow

1915 hrs – Took off from Helsinki after a delay due to a leak in the right engine

(Times are now GMT)
2030 hrs – Arrived at Heathrow Terminal 3. Rushed to Terminal 5 to catch the 2100 hrs flight to Edinburgh. We would have missed it and had to spend a night in London had it not been delayed as well. It was delayed technical problems, they replaced that plane only to find the replacement had a contaminated water supply so had to find another replacement. It was delayed by 40 minutes

2140 hrs – Took off from Heathrow bound for Edinburgh

2320 hrs – Arrived at Edinburgh, got our bags and my wheelchair from baggage reclaim then got the bus to the long stay car park

2340 hrs – Left Edinburgh Airport

0040 hrs – Arrived back in my hometown of Galashiels and got the essentials unpacked

0140 hrs – Got ready for and into bed

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