Olin lokakuussa interraililla, johon yhdistyi vaellus Skotlannissa ja kaupunkilomailua Pariisissa. Tässä kohtauksia reissun varrelta. / I interrailed to Scotland and Paris in October. Here’s some things that happened.
Voyage voyage!
Määrä korvaa laadun. Sori epäselvistä teksteistä ja ranskan kielen pahoinpitelystä! / Quantity over quality. Apologies for unclear texts. And pardon my French!
Eka kuumotus oli saadaanko trangialöpöt läpi Eurostarin turvatarkastuksesta / First challenge was to get trangia fuel through Eurostar’s security check

/ Open, please. / What is this? -Fuel for camp cooker, for hiking /
/ Flammable liquids are prohibited. -NO, we need it! / You should have planned ahea- -That’s exactly what we did! Taking a plane was out of the question. We’ve traveled by train two days without an incident. /
/ We must have it. We’ll be in the mountains, without hotels, without restaurants… /

/ With no possibility to set a campfire! It’s our only way for cooking! / Five days without warm meals– /
/ We’re gonna DIE! / Kati tell him /
/ Je mööörrrd om vi inte can this booze mitnehmen. -It’s fine i’ts fine you take it /
/ IN REALITY /

/ We got through! Without a bat of an eye. -My excellent stressing was totally in vain! /

/ Oh f– / Oh, here the f-word is actually a bad word. What should I say instead? -How about ”dang” /
/ Dang. A bit lame. -Consider Dank farrik! / Yeah! And Karabast! -D’arvit! / D’arvit! D’arvit is good! /
/ Fuck! / Shit! / I mean of course D’arvit! -You okay? -Yeah my shoe just got stuck in mud /

/ Dinners in candlelight are so out, it’s gotta be star breakfast now! -Yeah!



/ advance advance advance / don’t fall don’t fall don’t fall / keep moving! /
/ What did you think of today? -I saw so many different coloured pebbles! /

/ Break! / Hello little friend! Do you want rye bread? /
/ That must’ve been a wizard in disguise /
Actual discussion with a Scotsman

/ West Highland Way? Oliko kivaa? / Joo, kävelisin sen heti uudestaan! /
/ Mäkin kävelisin mielellään, mut mun jalat ei / Ne paskiaiset! -Joo, petturit! /
Manspread 2.0, Paris

Actual discussion with a Parisian, in the metro:

/ Lots of graffitis. How do the painters get in? -Well, by the stations. But it is said- /
/ -that there’s Underground Paris where people live in the catacombs and tunnels. / They enter by the (sewers) -What’s that word? -Eh, like Ninja Turtles. /
/ You know Ninja Turtles, don’t you? / Oh yes! I’m a big fan, actually. -Hehehe so funny you got the reference! /
Asian Market

/ What is this? -Aubergine / And what is this? -That’s aubergine as well /
/ Okay /
Spot the Finnish girl

/ In my defence, I’ve walked all day and I may also have a sunstroke. /
Rambouillet

/ It’s so beautiful! I wonder if I could go around the pool before closing time… /
/ Remember the ancient wisdom: Thou who goest around baroque pool reserveth whole day and plentiful supply. /
/ Dang you’re right. Learned from Versailles… /
Homebound, this happened in Stockholm

/ Sauna is on from 3 to 9 / No nudity /
/ But look – / who just happened to carry a swimsuit in their backpack for two weeks! /
/ As a Finn it hurts to say but this swedish sauna is too hot! /

/ Prohibited items: weapons, explosives, brass cnuckles, camping stoves /
/ Oh yes this has many parts I can use as projectiles! Finally I’ll pull your toenails with my handle tool! -Hikers are a menace to the society… /