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I didn’t expect my last day in Finland would be that fulfilling.

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In the morning, I was thinking of fulfilling some last wishes in Helsinki. One is to go to Sauna again, another is to go to the bar where I wasn’t allowed to get in a month ago because I didn’t have EU vaccination proof, and the other is to try a famous fish soup. However, none of these things went smoothly.

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This is a special episode of my journey in the US, and is also the only US story I’ve written for the podcast right after I got back.

Can you believe there is so much coincidence in the world? Oh no, what I learned is: sometimes, you need to make some coincidences yourself ;)

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Around 9:00, I was waiting for my flight at 10:20 to Helsinki. Suddenly a black woman with her daughter approached. She looked frustrated, which was a big contrast to her daughter’s innocent face.

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I was thinking of going to Toledo, a city near Madrid and was recommended by a Taiwanese girl I met in Krakow. But I hadn’t decided when. After the test was done, I took the bus to go back to the hostel. However, on half way, when the bus passed by Madrid Atocha station, I was suddenly thinking: “Since I was outside, how about going to Toledo right now!”

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Because of the late sleep yesterday, I woke up late. After freshening up, I went to a convenience store to buy some bread for breakfast. Argentine girl woke up at 12. She told me she was gonna retrieve her passport at a nearby hotel. But before that, she wanted to fill her stomach first. We then went to Burger king. While she was eating, we started to talk about relationships. She mentioned a guy who was obviously chasing her recently.

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While I was lingering in the park, I suddenly felt a bit bored. “Madrid seems not that surprising to me. I feel like I need some interaction with people.“ Then God seemed to hear my wish.  At night, I was back in the hostel, thinking I was gonna have a dull night. However, while I was looking for my stuff in the room, the girl who just moved-in and slept in front of me came to say hi.

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That was a long day. All I did was basically taking a train. After achieving the goal of eating breakfast in a shop, I then chilled out in the hostel until the departure time approached. At 14:50, I boarded the train, planning to have a make-up sleep during the 7.5 hrs journey. Some minutes later, the driver came to the cabin, asking who was gonna go to Madrid and blablabla.

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It was probably the most unfortunate day during my journey. I lost 300 euros because of a scam. 

That day, I only had one plan, which was going to the beach and seeing the sunset. Since my schedule was loose, I then started to plan my trip to Madrid. I checked the train ticket which was a bit expensive, so I was looking for other ways to go. I then found BlaBlaCar, which at the beginning, I thought was a blessing, however, it was toxic.

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My mood was extremely light that morning because I saw something joyful. When I walked out from Center Valencia Youth Hostel, I saw people having breakfast in the plaza while enjoying the company of soft sunshine and lovely orange trees. The scene alone was enough to make me feel delighted and at the same time to make up for the poor sleep last night, which was caused by 2 guys watching videos without using earphones in the room.

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