Who else that reads my journal is going? We're staying in the Scandic Marski, checking in on Wednesday. We're actually arriving in Helsinki at 10pm on Tuesday night, but decided to just stay at the Airport Hilton the first night to remove the necessity for embarking on a third transportation leg into a strange city after a very very long day. 

I am in my usual state of pre-travel nervous frantic, exacerbated by the fact that I just opened an ominous envelope from the IRS that believes I screwed up my taxes for 2015 and owe them thousands and thousands of dollars and wants an answer IN THE NEXT THREE WEEKS. Fer Chrissakes. That will just have to wait until we get back. OK, putting all those pieces of paper back in the envelope.

Other than that, I think we're pretty much prepared. I'm sort of half-packed. I've printed out all my confirmations and reservations (of which there are a lot; the trip is sort of complicated, involving 4 different airlines, 2 trains, and 3 hotels). But I'm thinking of all sorts of things I realize that I don't know. Do I need Euros and Kroner, and how much? Am I supposed to get that from a bank before I leave? If not, where? Can I buy a SIM in the Amsterdam airport that will get me data in Finland, Denmark, and Germany? OMG, what about European adapters for my phone charger??? I completely forgot about that. 

Has anybody booked a hotel yet? It might be fun to create a virtual room block for Minneapolis fans and their friends.
Here's the hotel page from the Worldcon page.

The room rates are pretty similar across all the hotels (high, but similar). barondave is leaning towards Scandic Marski, which looks fine to me. Anybody have a better suggestion?