The journey to Turku was, thankfully, relatively simple. Eilidh and myself started the journey at Glasgow Airport where she got the chance to say goodbye to her family. The hardest goodbye was saying farewell to her family's new puppy, Gus. Regretfully, we didn't take him with us despite the fact he was small enough to fit in hand luggage.
With our lives packed into a couple of bags (weighing dangerously close to 23kg) we began the long journey to Turku.
First, we flew from Glasgow to London at night and stayed over in an airport hotel. On the hotel bathroom wall there was a picture of Eilidh's doppelganger. Spooky.
The next morning we continued our journey on a flight out to Helsinki. On the flight, Eilidh took the opportunity to show off her engineering prowess; fashioning a makeshift phone holder that managed to support her phone throughout the entire journey and simultaneously spike my anxiety.
I was struck by just how flat the landscape was and how many trees there were as we landed in Helsinki. At arrivals, we were greeted by a Moomin cafe so we knew we were in HEL.
We then took the train to Turku which cost around 20 euros which was a bit pricey but definitely worth it.
At Turku train station, we were warmly welcomed by Valtteri and Santeri, our TUAS student mentors, who helped us get the keys to our new flats and transport our luggage. Their help was very appreciated and went against the cold stereotype you can hear about Finnish people. Trying to find the keys was a bit of a nightmare as the email we received from the letting company was less than descriptive. After an hour of searching, which felt like a team building exercise, we found them in a locker in the local shopping centre. Getting student accommodation in Turku was difficult so we ended up renting two holiday let apartments from Forenom (shared bedrooms yay).
Iain flew out a day later. His journey was uneventful.
~Elise~
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