Scandinavian Ice Hockey Tour
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Day 6:
After buffet breakfast we leave the hotel at about 10:00 for Turku. Lunch is on your own somewhere en route. Arrival in Turku during the late afternoon. Time and location of the exhibition game against a local team to be advised as yet.
Overnight for everyone in Hotel B.
Day 7:
After breakfast we leave the hotel at 10:00 and arrive in Tampere at about 17:00. The players will be picked up by the billeting families.
Day 8 till Day 11:
The games and activities during our stay in Tampere are to be advised as yet. Anyway here our players are billeted for four nights with local families and two games will be played. During this four day stay in Tempere the games and activities are in the hands of Mr. Harry Hannelius, who some of you may know from his frequent visits with Finnish teams. If time permits an excursion into the country can be arranged.
Overnight for the adults is in Hotel C.
Day 11:
After breakfast our players are returned to the hotel in Tampere at about 11:00 and all the luggage us again loaded onto our motor coach. IMPORTANT (As the whole group will be on the ferry boat during the next night, it is recommended that everyone will only take a handbag with them for the overnight on the ferry boat while the main luggage and the hockey equipment stays on the bus in the belly of the ferry boat.) We leave Tampere at about 12:00 noon and drive to th departure dock of the Viking Line in Helsinki. Scheduled departure is at 18:00. Lunch on your own en route. Cabins have been reserved, double for the adults and quart for the players. Likewise dinner, early sitting was recommended, has already been reserved. After dinner everyone is free to explore the ferry boat, which is actually a very large ship.