Thank you for all your emails and comments regarding my liveblogging day on Thursday. It was a lot of fun to do so I’ll do it again in about two weeks. However, here are some answers to the questions you sent my way.

Why did you do it?
At first it was really just a test to see what that does to the traffic. But once I hit the road and started to write and update the blog, it became a way to record the trip for future generations. In 50 years, that entry – this entry – may be used as an example in a classroom somewhere, to show how people communicated in the old days, and what Helsinki looked and feeled like back in circa 2010. Thirdly, it was a way to send secret, coded messages to my wife stuck in her cubicle somewhere.

Did you really sit next to a bum on the tram? What do you mean there’s a bum “in every single” tram in Helsinki? I’ve never seen one.
Yes, I did. Although, not really next next, the aisle was between us. He was wearing a baseball hat, sneakers, black leather jacket, and jeans – like most of the people going to a hockey game. It bothers me a bit that I couldn’t see what it was he was drinking, but the label on the bottle was white, with red letters.
And, if you’ve never seen a bum on a tram in Helsinki, then I’m afraid you’re the bum.

I read on the National Geographic website that the climate change is threating polar bears in Finland. Is that true?
No, it’s not true. They’re doing just fine, walking on the streets and eating trash, riding the trams, as usual.

You walk around in crowds and yell “MOOOOO!” AND you still have a wife? How do you do it?
I’m not worthy of her, I know. However, the answer is that I am just incredibly good-looking. And that I do exactly what she tells me to. In fact, she tells me to MOO in public. What a crazy woman!

What a great idea to blog on the road. Excellent. I’m going to try it on my next trip, and blog about it at xxxxxx, do you have any pointers?
Well, besides “try to plug your blog on other blogs”, not really. Just do it.

Why do you think it’s humiliating to have advertising on the collar? I can see that you’re wearing a (little too tight) Nike T-shirt. What’s the difference, really?
I pay Nike to wear this. I guess I’m the sucker here. (Although, I do get paid for the previous answer).

Could you bring me a bottle of wine from the tax free shop?
Sorry, got your message when I was already back in Sweden.