TAKE ME TO BANANA ISLAND IN FINLAND
Hei Kaikii!!!!
Oh yes! We have banana Island* in Finland. It is not even called banana Island, I just named it that way If you don’t know. Imagine an island where only 10-20 people live, they have only one shop, a school, a church, some warehouses and so many military things. Strange, isn’t it? My question is how do they survive?
Let’s go on this trip with Yasmine Ohlendorf, an exchange student from Germany. She has been studying here in Kouvola for two months now. And guess what? She is a travel freak!! She wanted to see something new. So, thanks to our Erasmus tutors for organizing this trip to Haapasaari.
Train tickets from Kouvola to Kotka cost only 4€ with the student card. Pretty cheap right? We got on the train at 8: am sharp in the morning, winter hat on, scarves and jacket. While arriving Kotka, we began to marvel, and we got so much excited and curious about discovering the #bananaisland in Finland. On getting to Kotka, we walked down to the harbor, and here we are!!! We were all speechless admiring the nice view. There were little restaurants near-by, the smell of their fried fishes attracted us to go into them. But unfortunately, the fishes sold were raw.
Jasmine conclusion concerning this trip:
It was a nice sunny day. Of course, I was disappointed about the missing trip to the island. But the city is worth to visit once, nevertheless the city is quite small and the train station too. You can also have fun without spending a lot of money, just because of the beautiful environment, especially at the parks and the sea.
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