https://twatzl.eu/categories/travel/ Recent content in travel on Tobias Watzl - BLOG Hugo -- gohugo.io en Fri, 31 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://twatzl.eu/blog/2019-06-04_going_home/ Fri, 31 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://twatzl.eu/blog/2019-06-04_going_home/ After 5 amazing months in Finland it is finally time to go home, but how? As I already mentioned Finland is very remotely from the point of view of central Europe. There are no train connections to the european mainland. So the only possibilities to travel to and from Finland are either plane or ship. I want to avoid flying if possible in order to save CO2, but do I really save CO2 when going by ship? https://twatzl.eu/blog/2019-05-13_tallinn_2/ Mon, 13 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://twatzl.eu/blog/2019-05-13_tallinn_2/ The first day in Tallinn was quite exciting. I saw most of the important sights, the old town and got a bit of basic orientation in the town. My goal for the second day was to further explore the town and get some nice images. As you may already know I am very interested in public transport of cities. I think trams, trains, buses and other infrastructure have somthing photogenic to them. https://twatzl.eu/blog/2019-05-12_tallinn_1/ Sun, 12 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://twatzl.eu/blog/2019-05-12_tallinn_1/ An exchange semester is not only a chance to visit a specific country, but it also offers the unique chance to visit interesting locations nearby. Tallinn is the capital of Estonia. However from Austria it is only really reachable by plane, since Estonia is the northernmost of the baltic states and there is no direct train connection available. The only train connections available are going through Belarus, which requires a visa to pass through. https://twatzl.eu/blog/2019-01-11_welcome_to_finland/ Fri, 11 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://twatzl.eu/blog/2019-01-11_welcome_to_finland/ Welcome to Finland So two days ago I arrived for my exchange semester in Finland. More accurately I should say I arrived for my three exchange periods, but more on that later. So when I came here, I had absolutely no idea. I did no research beforehand, half intentionally, because I wanted to get surprised and half unintentionally, because I simply had no time for it. Unfortunately I made a bit of a mistake when planning my arrival and the reception at the student home closes at 4pm (local time), but my plane arrived only at 4pm scheduled and was even 20 minutes late. https://twatzl.eu/blog/2019-01-09_traveling_to_finland/ Tue, 08 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://twatzl.eu/blog/2019-01-09_traveling_to_finland/ Traveling to Finland So this blogpost is about my journey from Linz to Finland. Although Finland is in the EU it is very isolated in terms of transportation. The only real viable alternatives to go to Finland are either by ship, which is very slow, or by plane. While reading this article you might be wondering why I show every little detail, like the trams some of you are using every day, but I want to make those journeys also acessible to people who might not be able to do them for whatever reason and I want the reader to be able to enjoy the journey from start to Finland.