my plans for July

[gusl]

I'm going to be in Helsinki for July, between roughly 4 and 28. I'm afraid that those will turn out to be the longest days of my life.

Not only was my paper accepted as a plenary talk, but all kinds of people have been offering to help me pay for it.

First of all, my collaborators from Helsinki offered to pay for my accommodation, given that I'll be there for two weeks after the conference.
Secondly, my local supervisor said that they can come up with money to pay a large chunk of my expenses (perhaps more).
Thirdly, my boss from Machine Learning, who is totally unrelated to this project, offered to chip in a couple hundred bucks.

Now, given that I'll probably fly out on July 3, I probably do not want to have a connection inside the United States.

I'm going to have 2.5 free weekends in Helsinki. Here are some travel ideas:

* visit St. Petersburg (I may have visa issues)
* visit the far north of the country, to see the midnight sun.
* visit Stockholm, in case Henrik is there


My other life requirements should be easy to arrange, though I'll probably pay for them myself:
* Internet
* cell phone (one would expect that, from Finland)
* bicycle