20 hours in helsinki

so, i've made it safely across the ocean and to helsinki. i got in around 2 this afternoon. finland time is 3 hours ahead of iceland time so there's another jolt to the old jetlagged body. anyway, having until 9 tomorrow morning until i take off again for riga, i decided to hop on the bus from the airport to the city center and spend a few hours in helsinki. what's on my ipod, can you guess? equally cheesy. i'll give you a clue, i've been admiring the architecture here.... anyway, here i am, safe and sound and happy as a clam. already i think i like it more than rejkyavik. don't get me wrong, rejkyavik was brilliant, but i think iceland is a country i admire more for it's nature and history and mystery than it's capital city. helsinki is a real metroploitan capital. i'll have more days to explore it later in my trip, this is only the first of three stops i am making here. i'll head back to the airport later tonight and catch some winks there, hopefully, before my flight. what has happened to all the internet cafes??! they are so few and far between these days. i hope all of you back home are well, i miss you!