Sports :: Quick Jukola recap

• Friday 4pm. Excusing from work, getting onto our minivan and departing from Vilnius. Equiping 4 beers.
• 9pm. We're lost in Latveria, driving down (with sun on our right), when Finland should be on the top (down / top - relative to the map:) Out of beer long long time ago.
• 11pm. We cross Estonian border.
• Saturday 1am. We reach our overnight point at some random Estonian village. Someone from our team knows the host.


Liettauen Lerpat posing to the Helsinki's paparazzi


• 3am. Finishing eating cakes & tea the host baked for us. Going to sleep.
• 5am. Getting up and departing for Tallin.
• 8.10am. Missing our ferry to Helsinki by about 1minute.
• 10am. We got on the next ferry. Met a very chatty lady with pink samsonite.
• 3pm. Reaching the competition area. +30C, just missing women relay start.


Ladies had to take it hot ( +32C :)


• 7pm. Watching women relay finish and prizegiving ceremony. I was totaly surprised that so many top level women orienteers are so good looking:)
• 11pm. Men competition start.
• Sunday 1am. Going to sleep before my leg.
• 1am-5am. Cant sleep with ppl rushing around.


Train of lights and the first exchange


Ahmm... yes, first exchange


• 5am. Getting up and getting ready to race.


Its me woken up at 5am to get ready to race :)


• 6am-7.20am. I'm on the course !!! :)
  

Finnish terrain - rocks'n'cliffs'n'hills'n'swamps

• 11am. Our team finishes.
• 3pm-4pm. Strolling around Helsinki, too tired to notice anything good.
• Monday 12am. Crossing Lithuanian border.
• 12.10am. Police stops us for driving too fast (100km/h with 50km/h allowed). Driver told them some bs and they let us go. Phew.
• 4am. Back home.
• 10am. Back at work. 2 hours late only :)