Everywhere. Everything. Europe!

This is it. My last trip abroad. How has the day already come? I landed in Helsinki late in the morning, and Emilia met me at the airport. We got a quick lunch and stopped to get candy for the train ride. While we were on the train headed to Tampere, Emilia and I heard a loud crash coming from our train carriage. The train immediately stopped, and we weren't exactly sure what all happened. It turns out there was a person on the train tracks. I'm not going to go into details, but make your own assumptions about the most probable thing that could happen to a person if they got hit by a train. That was not a great start to being in the "happiest country in the world". On a more positive note, we eventually made it to Tampere, and Emilia's mom drove us back to their house. We relaxed at the house for a bit before me, Emilia, and Emilia's sister Olivia went to an international food market. I picked the best time to come to Finland because this food market is only o

I spent less than 24 hours in Copenhagen! When I was planning out my plans for the summer, I knew that I wanted to be in Sweden with Caitlin and Finland with Emilia and her family. The issue was figuring out how I would get there. Because of the Taylor Swift concert, flights in and out of Stockholm were super expensive. So, my second option was to train for 6 hours to Copenhagen and fly out the following morning. In the moment, I thought I was a genius by saving money and seeing another country. But after buying a hostel for the night and accidentally having to rebook the train ticket, it ended up costing almost as much as just flying out of Stockholm. But, still, another country, another pin! My journey to a new country starts as normal, either on a plane or on the train. When I take the train, almost always, I'm working on a previous blog post. The train ride flew by pretty quickly, as I had a lot of other things to work on to keep me busy. Once I made it to Copenhagen, I began t

Where's Caitlin? She is in Sweden! So, obviously, I had to visit her! However, it was a rocky start. For those of you who don't know, I have two phones with me abroad: my normal phone that I use back in the States and an older phone that I used for service while I was in Europe (I call it the red phone). Recently, the red phone completely lost service out of nowhere. This meant that I couldn't use maps, text or call anybody, or figure out any transportation. Yes, I'm aware of how Gen Z this makes me sound. But as a young girl traveling by myself, I wanted to make sure I was able to travel comfortably. We got everything figured out for the most part, but this created a very hectic first hour in Sweden. Thankfully, I quickly realized how friendly and nice the people of Sweden are during the process. I was in the middle seat on the flight from Budapest to Gothenburg, and the man sitting next to me gave me an unopened Coca-Cola. Not only that, but my Uber driver let me use