I took a form, and my name, the flights I had used, accommodation,
the length of my stay, and the feature of my suitcase
(size, colour, type...)...etc, I filled in the required fields, and handed
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the form with my claim tag to one of the airport staffs.
What a pain!!! I had been already very tired after the long flight
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between KIX and Helsinki, and to add insult to injury,
the domestic flight made me fall to rock bottom and suffer mentally..... |
In that time, there was a bit funny story.
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The airport staff said, "Wow!! YlläsKaltio (The lodge I always stay)!!
"
, checking the form. So I asked her, "Do you know YlläsKaltio??"
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Then she replied, "Of Course! I know it well! It's so famous among locals!!"
After checking the form, she asked me a question,
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"YlläsKaltio is a hotel? or an apartment?"
Whaaaaaaaa....t!?!? |
I almost slapped her head and said, "Just kidding me!?!?
Didn't you say that you know YlläsKaltio well just now!?!?" |
It was like that she was a funny lady and I was
a straight man in this conversation exchange. Lol !!
She made a fool of herself...... But, she looked really serious.
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So I felt uneasy about heading for Äkäslompolo, leaving it to her..... |
------ Reunion -----
Right after arriving in the lodge, I met Mitsuko. Long time no see you!!
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When I got to Kittilä airport, I texted about the flight delay to mitsuko.
But she was so surprised I only had a small napsack without any suitcases.
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She was surpposed to get back after her work, but she had been
waiting for me to make it there. I appreciated her concern. |
Because of the trouble, it was late and
a supermarket already closed. I WAS STUCK......
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There was no way I could go out for Aurora/Northern Lights.
Anyway... the weather was bad so I had to give up on them...
I found handmade ginger cookies and a new original map of
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Äkäslompolo village center from Mitsuko on the desk in my room.
Only they just gave me inner peace on that awful day.
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Bad Night!!......zzz
No... No... Good Night!!......zzz |