By the time you read this, I should be in Helsinki, where I've managed to blag myself on to a study visit to the world's sauna capital.
I'm going to have a good look at the rather stern-sounding Helsinki Youth Department. As part of a small group of principal youth officers, I'll be doing the rounds, visiting schools, youth clubs and employment and training schemes. We're even visiting the neatly named Kompasi Youth Information Centre.
When the email came offering places on the study visit, I jumped at the chance.
But in my rush to "volunteer" for five days of fun in Finland, I didn't look for the catch. Or should I say catches.
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