Топик: My Recent Trip
Топик: My Recent Trip
People are fond of traveling and they spend their holidays
traveling. They travel to see other countries and continents, to learn a lot
about people’s traditions, to enjoy picturesque places. It is interesting for
them to discover new things, different ways of life, to meet different people,
to try different food. For some people there is nothing so exciting as traveling, and
I'm not an exception. I'm happy that I have traveled a lot and I hope that my
recent journey wasn't the last one. This winter I have traveled to Finland,
exactly to Lapland – country’s north. It is a fairyland.
There are many ways of traveling - by train, by plain, by ship, on
foot. Everyone chooses his favorite one. Mostly I prefer automobiles, because
of splendid scenery, that you can view from a comfortable seat. Of course I
haven’t gone through the sea by car, however three and a half hours on boat
“the Fantasia” ferry seemed to me as a very quick past time, as I haven’t got
any sea-sick when
the sea was a little bit rough. Coming to the “finishing line”, and building up reserves of
petrol we, my father and three brothers, were ready to “take off”. So, leaving
Finland’s capital – Helsinki – we took our way straight to Ylläs (a small mountain-ski resort,
placed nearly 1200 kilometers from our start point). Passing several small
towns, little cafes, and pubs and of course having a break there, we had what
we wanted. Crossing Arctic Circle for the second time is a very thrilling
thing. At last, on reaching our destination, we stayed in the small motel
separate house. Two-storied, 35m2 area of well “equipped”: a TV-set,
a VCR, a microwave oven, a refrigerator and much more.
Making ourselves at home, absolutely tired of this long way, after
a small rest we began to explore the locality. Nearby, there were the only
small supermarket, and a restaurant, where we spent some of our evening time.
By the way, it’s getting dark there at three o’clock, when the sun shows its
rays at eleven. Something, that can be called a polar night. The first day that
went before awfully strange state of our souls was dedicated to getting the
info about renting skis and motor sledges (called ski-doo). Then skiing some
time before getting mysterious and gloomy brought us a big cheerfulness supply.
This was fantastic, outstanding – going down from the descent of 3 kilometers
long and 750 meters of absolute height. No comments. Huge amount of adrenaline
in the blood – is the awesome mania for me.
On the next two days we were doing the same things, entertaining
ourselves, just how we could. Breaking the “monotony” of our holidays, when we
got used to sever of that climate (about 35-38°C everyday), tried to “ride”
JAMAHA “motor-horse”. Getting speed up to 100 kilometers an hour, slightly
taking cool turns we thought that it was impossible to tear away from this
pastime. However, nothing lasts forever, as no one lives forever. Whenever
something pleasant ends and something “bad” do not keep you waiting. In the
evening, after taking a time in sauna, we packed our luggage, and went home.
The way back was not so long; from my point of view it’s always so. Looking
through the car window, with a very thoughtfulness, I said “good bye” to all
the places, things and people: house, skis, mountains, land natives, who gave
us superb quality service, deer, etc.
Any kind of travel helps you to understand many things that you
can never see or learn at home. Though you may read about them in books and
newspapers. I like traveling. I got a lot of impressions during my last
journey. I hope that it will not be the last one, hope for the best. People, travel!
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