We left our Rauma host families this morning and headed by van to Uusikaupunki. We were quite curious why we needed to leave Rauma so early when we were thoroughly enjoying ourselves and our host families. However, after we arrived at Uusikaupunki and met Marita, our host for the day, we were happy we did. We checked into the Hotel Aquarius for four nights of bliss. Lynn and Aimee were roomies. Amy and Robynn were roomies. Jill got her own room. After settling in, Marita gave us a walking tour of Uusikaupunki. We enjoyed lunch at a local resturant where we were able to order our own food - no buffet here!! We each ordered an original pilsner that was brewed at the local Uusikaupunki brewery. After lunch we headed back to our hotel just in time to watch the weigh-in for the local fundraising fishing contest. The boat with the most Pike, by weight, was declared the winner and won the prize of a brand new fishing boat. In case you haven't learned by now, Finland has a woman President and not all Rotary clubs allow women in their clubs. With this in mind, you wouldn't believe how excited we were when the winning boat was three woman!!!
The rest of the afternoon was spent enjoying the hotel sauna and pool. Later that evening, we walked down to the restaurants along the sea for a drink and some dinner. We debated over which restaurant had the best menu, but finally decided and went inside to find a table. Luckily for us (unluckily for the kitchen staff) we only had 10 minutes to place our order before the kitchen closed. Since we thought we were REALLY hungry that night, we made our own Finnish buffet right on our table and we all enjoyed a fabulous dinner of mushroom soup, shrimp Caesar salad, chicken Caesar salad, nachos with feta cheese (none of the orange cheese sauce), fillet of beef, and a pizza. Yes, we shared, and no, we didn't finish it all...but our leftovers made a great midnight snack and breakfast the next morning!!
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