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Billingham is packed to go. A 24-hour-trip type of excursion to Helsinki to see how the spring and the sea is doing down there. It holds Leica, 35/2, 50/1.5, a change of underthings, a snack (I don't suppose that's enough for 24 hours?:(). Not pictured: water bottle, travel diary, toothbrush.

I have a lot of new toys in my Nikon system so I definitely considered the idea of taking the bigger bag and the Df with me also. Ultimately I planned this trip too late (basically just some hours before execution) so I don't have "time" to pack the other bag. I know what's in my Hadley Pro. Besides, Leica hasn't seen much airtime the last couple of weeks so I shall keep it simple. I do think some of the seascapes I'm going to see would benefit from a 135mm...

Helsinki witnesses currently a period of lockdown to my understanding, so restaurants and cafés are on "takout" basis only. Definitely not ideal because a weary street traveler wants to rest his legs every once in a while. We'll have to see what is what.

I have a pair of train tickets that expire today so that's why I decided to do a last-minute trip. The bummer of the trip so far is that I thought the tickets expired tomorrow! So that's why I booked AirBnB for the night after I so wanted to keep the trip "low-budget" and return to home after sunset. I battled much about booking accommondation as I have a weird obsession to book nights now, and spend money out of town. I decided I go for a night out but only today I discovered my tickets are no good tomorrow so I just lost a fare's worth. :( I shall remember to mark the dates properly in my calendar from now on.

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