In circles
Jun. 1st, 2008 05:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kyrasantae
Speaking of observing Finns in their natural environment, what better way to study their natural drinking habits than to be stranded without a place to stay in a large city like Tampere the night people graduate from high school and get totally and completely wasted all night? Well, perhaps it's not so good to study the extremes. But the fact of the matter is, it's almost 3AM, I'm sitting in a Hesburger, and the line to get food shows no sign of subsiding, and it is dawn.
Earlier J and I did the drinking at the park thing with a can of cider each and we spent too long at it, so by the time we got to the amusement park it was _just_ closed so we went to a public sauna instead. Unfortunately, we found out after that that the last transportation back to jkl had gone at 2115, 30 minutes before, and J's friend (whom she called) was being unkind and not lending anyone a place to sleep.
So we walked a lot in circles and observed some, uh, natural Finnish drinking behaviour. Then went to some karaoke bar (no fanclub) and had the most expensive rum and coke ever, which tasted a bit like grass jelly with syrup. Then walked in circles a bit more and ended up in here. I feel that we won't be here for long, though. Earlier we tried to sleep in a park but because I'm not wearing long pants the bugs were giving me a hard time.
We stood around outside for about 45 minutes and then wandered to the McD's, where these guys next to me are swearing a lot.
Observation: people don't get stupid until 4:15AM.
Observation: on a day like this even McDonald's has a bouncer.
Observation: at this hour one doesn't _line_ up at McD's. One _mobs_ up.
Interesting habit: People mixing pepper into their ketchup.
Earlier J and I did the drinking at the park thing with a can of cider each and we spent too long at it, so by the time we got to the amusement park it was _just_ closed so we went to a public sauna instead. Unfortunately, we found out after that that the last transportation back to jkl had gone at 2115, 30 minutes before, and J's friend (whom she called) was being unkind and not lending anyone a place to sleep.
So we walked a lot in circles and observed some, uh, natural Finnish drinking behaviour. Then went to some karaoke bar (no fanclub) and had the most expensive rum and coke ever, which tasted a bit like grass jelly with syrup. Then walked in circles a bit more and ended up in here. I feel that we won't be here for long, though. Earlier we tried to sleep in a park but because I'm not wearing long pants the bugs were giving me a hard time.
We stood around outside for about 45 minutes and then wandered to the McD's, where these guys next to me are swearing a lot.
Observation: people don't get stupid until 4:15AM.
Observation: on a day like this even McDonald's has a bouncer.
Observation: at this hour one doesn't _line_ up at McD's. One _mobs_ up.
Interesting habit: People mixing pepper into their ketchup.
