We had a 12 hour layover in Helsinki, Finland.  Of course, we had to get out– airports are boring.  As we got our things, one of the passenger shakes their head and says “you’ve made a big mistake to come to Helsinki in December”.

It wasn’t that bad.  Sure, it was dark, but we did get twilight for about 5 hours.  Sure it was cold, but at least it was windy.  And sure it was expensive, but at least we were the only tourists in all of Helsinki.

We walked for a few hours, eating highly overpriced croissants and very good coffee, but the high point of the day was the Helsinki Museum which had ongoing documentaries in an old theatre about life in Helsinki right after cars made their debut.  We had the theatre to ourselves (remember– only tourists in Helsinki) and fell asleep for about an hour and a half.  I love jet lag.