Days of my Rally

For a few days now there has been these green & blue flags with text "Welcome to Neste Oil Rally Finland". And finally, this week, the rally has arrived to Middle-Finland and Jyväskylä.

Cars arrived yesterday, but all the action begins today. And tomorrow afternoon my boyfriend's mates arrive to Jyväskylä to meet him, me and most of all, enjoy the rally!

Now, I have been watching the rally ON TV since I was a kid. Many times our trip back home from summer cottage altered a bit because of the rally cars. But I have never been as close to the rally as I am now. I could actually HEAR some of the cars roaming already! Yet the rally itself begins tonight at 8pm. And the first race will take place quite near me at Killeri.

During these next few days the rally is everywhere in this city. You can see it in the traffic, in the people, in the atmosphere, in the posters... You simply cannot miss it. If this year is anything like the last year, I can hear commentators voices from the megaphones when I just simply walk in the city centre...

Now, don't take me wrong. I'm a Finn, so rally/F1/fast cars is in my genes. When our drivers do well, I'm happy. =) Yet I don't find it least a bit tempting to buy a 50 euro rally pass to see it all myself from closeby. If I get bit rally nuts (everything IS possible), I'll simply take my digi and walk down the streets. The cars will pass me by near Paviljonki, their service park area, in some point. And, if the rally bug truly bites me, then I'll buy the 10 euro ticket and visit the service park action areas on both Friday and Saturday... But we'll see.

In some point between watching the rally, I should meet 3 of my boyfriend's friends from his uni days. That's 3 rally enthusiastic men I haven't met yet. But it will be interesting, though.

Now, if somebody wants to know more about the Neste Oil Rally, here's the link to the official website:
http://www.nesteoilrallyfinland.fi/en/