My friend Jagan came to Finland for nokia project (what else then...), so Why not a trip to Finn? but its not as easy as just booking and flying to Finland as I am in Tier1.
I need to apply for Schengen Visa but the Finland embassy wants to see everyone in person before issuing visa. So I applied leave and went all the way to London, they just took 2 minutes to look at me and get my passport for further processing. dah!
ok, I got my visa. Hoped for multiple entry so I could go other places in europe, but they just gave single entry. dah dah!
I was joined by Richard at Helsinki airport, stayed at Salo (jagan's place) and roamed in Helsinki and Turku. I was so eager to go this trip because of my new Nikon SLR camera. I started shooting more than 500 pics in first 3 days of my trip. oooooh! Jagan was not happy since his portraits weren't as good as expected, I think may be he was planning to give his pics for bride selection :-)
It ended as a nice and fun trip with some really awesome pics I have ever took.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/karthigeyan/sets/72157624071749385/
my first trip to europe.