ever since we took the high-speed rail back in portugal and spain
i have been obsessed with trains as a form of transportation and tonight we're actually going
to be checking off something off my bucket list that i've been super excited for and
that's to take an overnight train through finland in our own private sleeper car
so we have a room on the second floor i can't wait to see that oh my gosh so cute
hello oh yes this is room service welcome to our little overnight sleeper i'm gonna give you
guys a little tour of where we'll be spending the night so first of all on my right we have
a little area where we can hang our jackets and then to my left we have two cute little bunk beds
i have claimed the bottom bunk because chad has claimed the top bunk and in these areas we
actually have really big storage units so you can stuff your luggage in there your bags in
addition each of our beds has its own personal light so you can do some light reading if you
so desire to and there's also an area where you can set an alarm so you can sleep and make sure
that you wake up on time when the train is at your destination and then also there's a charging unit
as well as some announcements from the conductor that will come through the little speaker system
as you can see we have some free complimentary water and also some towels and that is because
our overnight sleeper actually has its own private bathroom behind this magical door
is the bathroom area there's a mirror a sink and a toilet but the fun does not stop there there's
actually a secret shower area which i think is super super cool and let me show you that part
so on the side of this vanity there's this little gray knob and if you pull it it reveals a shower
and just like that you have your very own shower space and i can wash my hair wash my body while
on an overnight sleeper and this really blew me away so for some reason the train is pretty much
empty so i'm now going to explore some of these lower rooms so basically these are the rooms that
don't have the bathroom so it looks like you have a little vanity in here the other thing
that i find really cool about this room is that it connects over to this room so if you have like a
whole party and four people family you can open this door and go into the other room the other
thing that really surprised me about this train is that there was actually no security to get on
um they didn't even look at our tickets until we were already on the train and it was moving
ooh i probably should not touch that so we just got back after exploring the train and oh my
gosh the coolest part was the restaurant car there are these little alleyways to get to the
side booths so all of the tables are pushed to one side of the car and i guess it just uses
the space in the train so much better or at least it's just a design that i've never seen
before claire is taking off her shoes and she is relaxing i am ready to enjoy this overnight train
i'm actually getting kind of sleepy i know the rocking of the train is so nice i know
it's like swaying me right to bed but i don't want to sleep yet because i want to enjoy it
it is now time for my little train snackie that i have prepared beforehand so this is
a karjalanpiirakka which is a finnish pastry with a rye crust and it's traditionally filled
with rice porridge and also egg butter and it looks really cute kind of has this like
little scalloped edge around it and then on the inside it just looks kind of cheesy
it kind of reminds me a little bit of the portuguese pastel de nata it has that same
like eggy taste to it but it's definitely on the savory side and not the sweet side
so i actually ate mine earlier but i will gladly take another bite if you'll offer it
don't worry you can have a bite
it is officially time to give the shower a try
and they actually provide some shower caps for us and i'm going to use it because i
actually washed my hair last night so i don't want to get it wet tonight oh
okay let's put it on you would be a really cute lunch lady
would i chad do you mind heating up the water for me of course of course i am now going to
get the shower ready for claire but i also want to say this is such a good idea for
vans because it protects the toilet from getting wet yeah i like this design
oh that was easy it's not warm yet it is not warm yet probably heating up oh that shower was
so impressive the water temperature is actually as hot as like the water that we would have in
a house shower and so that was really awesome and then also the shampoo smells amazing even though
i didn't have to wash my hair tonight i still use the shampoo all over my body and now i smell like
a wonderful flower and everything just went very perfectly i think we are going to go to bed soon
because like we said this rocking is rocking us like babies straight to sleep and we are going to
take advantage of that and get a good night's rest so with that we will see you guys tomorrow morning
so
we have to leave the train soon we are taking this train from helsinki up to rovaniemi
where we are going to do so many fun winter activities
and we're going to be arriving in probably around 30 minutes or so
how do we open this door the door would not open on our way trying to get off of the train
and then the train started moving because we couldn't open the door after a few minutes of
trying to press the button and there was no one there to help us so we are now extending our train
ride for another hour to get off at that stop and then hopefully taking another train back to
rovaniemi they're so distraught so if you couldn't tell by my face yes i was very distraught by that
incident but now that it's been about 30 minutes since it happened looking back on it's actually
it's actually kind of funny because we were both there with our suitcases and chad was just
frantically pressing the button for the door to open and it wouldn't open and there were people
on the other side of the door like walking by just looking at us we're like oh my gosh and then
the train starts moving we're just like ah and the finns looking at us we're probably just like oh my
goodness they need help but they can't do anything obviously so we definitely learned our lesson this
time and the conductor was nice enough to look up a bus that is going to take us from the next
city back over to rovaniemi and that is what we're going to do i think it'll cost maybe 20 euros but
overall a nice little life lesson for us we will be waiting by the door the next time we're trying
to get off a train but what is cool is the sun is starting to rise so we'll actually be able
to see the nature of finland because overnight obviously we couldn't see anything 13 hours later
it's now a 20-minute walk to the bus station at least we're getting a workout
we have finally made it to rovaniemi and what a wild and crazy 16 hours it was to get here
and now that we are in lapland it kind of gives you guys a little clue as to what the future
videos will be so if you would like to follow along on the journey definitely hit subscribe
and with that we will see you guys next time with some really fun activities bye
you