The last day of the trip. A squirrel or bird moving around woke us early. We knew there was a short day ahead of us and we could relax and slowly ride the rest of the way into Lappeenranta to catch our evening train. First thing was first, cook breakfast.
Leaving our camp site we had around 15-20 miles into Lappeenranta, and the harbor where we could buy a local treat called a Vety.
We slowly made our way out of the forest areas and into more occupied city area, which was actually a lot weirder than I thought it would be. We had just spent 5 days only visiting small cities and spending most of our time in the middle of nowhere, so I felt out of place at first.
So in order to celebrate reaching our destination and to have a deserved rest, we bought a couple beers and headed to the harbor.
This was the magic spot to buy the Vety. Vety means hydrogen and there is another option called Atomi which means atomic. I guess they named them after bombs, but the Vety is a meat pie with ham, egg, mayo, pickle relish, onion, and ketchup.
It was so good that we went back and bought some more. I think I could have eaten 10 of these things, but we stopped at 2.
After eating we checked out the harbor and also hide from the rain. This was 267 miles and 23 hours 51 minutes of riding from the start of the trip.
It's hard to end a long trip like this. You end up getting so used to living off of the bike that it feels weird to go back to normal life tasks where you have everything you need. I felt funny for a few day after getting back to Vaasa and my normal life.
But that's it for this trip, and it's time for the next adventure. This time I've switch continents though and I'll be riding the flinthills of Kansas.
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