First time I met my SO was when I was going to pick him up at the airport in Helsinki. Now, I live in northern Osthrobothnia, which is on the west coast of Finland. In other words, 5 hours with train :P His flight wasn't going to land before sometime around 1 pm or so, but my train left just after 6 am, and even if I then worked on a farm and had to get up at 4:30 every morning I was terrified to sleep too long which resulted in barely any sleep at all...
I didn't oversleep though, but the 15-20 minutes it took to drive to the tran station couldn't have been longer! Once there I tried to recall the last time I had been there (which was when I went to Germany) and tried to occupy my mind with something else than it was only around 7 hours until I would finally meet him!
A couple hours south I had to change train and after some trouble with which seat was mine I got really nervous and excited. Down to Seinäjoki (don't try and pronounce it, for your own sake :P ) I had been able to concentrate on Great expectations but now I couldn't think of anything but getting to the airport. I'm far from a city girl, and once in Helsinki I wouldn't have found the right bus if not a very happy backpacker had helped me.
Once on the bus everything felt really surreal, I went through how I had imagined us to meet, how we'd hug and kiss... Luckily I had seen him on Skype before so I knew exactly what he looked like, so there was no risk of me not spotting him, but I was still really nervous I would be late or anything, even if I took the earlier bus than I had intended to.
Finally at the airport I saw that the flight was early, but I still had about 20 minutes. I think I went to the bathroom and back around 10 times during that time, not so much because I had to go as to have something to do... Never had cleaner hands
When the boards finally announced that the plane had landed and people started walking through the doors I got up. I stood a bit on the side of the door, so my SO didn't see me right away, and when he got out I couldn't help myself running up to him and hug him. Before I even thought about it I was kissing him He smelled so good! People were just walking by us and all the sudden I realized he was so nervous he was shaking, and even though it wasn't as I had imagined it it will always be one of the best days of my life
I didn't oversleep though, but the 15-20 minutes it took to drive to the tran station couldn't have been longer! Once there I tried to recall the last time I had been there (which was when I went to Germany) and tried to occupy my mind with something else than it was only around 7 hours until I would finally meet him!
A couple hours south I had to change train and after some trouble with which seat was mine I got really nervous and excited. Down to Seinäjoki (don't try and pronounce it, for your own sake :P ) I had been able to concentrate on Great expectations but now I couldn't think of anything but getting to the airport. I'm far from a city girl, and once in Helsinki I wouldn't have found the right bus if not a very happy backpacker had helped me.
Once on the bus everything felt really surreal, I went through how I had imagined us to meet, how we'd hug and kiss... Luckily I had seen him on Skype before so I knew exactly what he looked like, so there was no risk of me not spotting him, but I was still really nervous I would be late or anything, even if I took the earlier bus than I had intended to.
Finally at the airport I saw that the flight was early, but I still had about 20 minutes. I think I went to the bathroom and back around 10 times during that time, not so much because I had to go as to have something to do... Never had cleaner hands
When the boards finally announced that the plane had landed and people started walking through the doors I got up. I stood a bit on the side of the door, so my SO didn't see me right away, and when he got out I couldn't help myself running up to him and hug him. Before I even thought about it I was kissing him He smelled so good! People were just walking by us and all the sudden I realized he was so nervous he was shaking, and even though it wasn't as I had imagined it it will always be one of the best days of my life
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