| After getting back to the lodge, I took a nap. And I had the final breakfast. I'm gonna miss you...  |
| After the check out, I still had time left until ten past, when I would leave the lodge by a shttle bus, so I met Mitsuko |
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and had a conversation. She gave me a small pack of pretty handmade ginger cookies. Thanks a million!!  |
------- Heading for Kittilä Airport ------- I left Äkäslompolo for Kittilä airport by the shuttle bus. |
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On the way, the bus stopped by at Ylläsjärvi to pick some passemgers up, and went straight to the airport. |
| Awesome views out of the window kept continued to the airport↓↓↓ |
----- Helsinki Airport----- One and a half hours after I left Kittilä, |
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I arrived in Helsinki. I wasn't gonna have any meals in the flight so I had dinner and dessert there beforehand. |
| A brand new "AJISEN RAMEN" just opened in Scandinavia last year. I've been wanting to have some there since I saw it last year. |
| I ordered hot fried rice. Actually I wanted to take some noodle, but it was too expensive... (about 2000 yen per a bowl... That could |
| never happen in Japan...) But it was much better than I expected, considering that it was made in the shop of Finland (not Japan) |
Especially I felt that miso soup was suited to Japanese tastes.  I had the pastry aka "Laskiaispulla" for a dessert |
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after dinner. This is it!! In Finland, most of the cake shops and bakery shops sell it limited time only, and locals have it |
about 4 weeks before Easter day as thier tradition.    |
It's time to say "Goodbye." See you soon Finland!!   |
---------- Arriving in Japan ---------- The flighjt of the return trip goes to Japan as if it chases |
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after the next morning. So we spend in the dark cabin mid air, until right before landing. (On the contrary, when the outward flight goes to |
Helsinki, it chases after that night. So we spend in the bright cabin mid
flight.) We made it to KIX at 10. After I got back to Osaka, |
| I went to a buckwheat noodles "soba" restauran soon. Right after
I return to Japan, The thing I wanna do is to have Japanese meal. |
 This time, I was blessed with unprecedented great weather so my trip to Finland reached a record high in 2020. Congratulations!! THE END!! |