Yes - I'm going on a Fact Finding Trip to discover more about the amazing educational reform efforts in Finland.  In poking around for information  I just found this cool advice for visiting Finland from their official website Visit Finland

Sure I'll be visiting schools and discussing reform but I'm hoping to take the Finnish advice and swim in an icy pool then hop into a sauna! 

Why come to Finland?

Reasons for choosing Finland:

• Get off the beaten track of traditional European tourist attractions
• You need to hide
• You want to do something that your friends haven’t done
• You’re bored of crowded places
• You want to see Santa
• You want to experience clean nature (while the world still has it)
• You like to have fun in the snow
• You love the Moomins
• You want to learn real driving
• You feel cold (Come to the land of the sauna)

What to do in Finland at least once?

• Swim in an icy pool
• Go to the sauna
• Be inspired in the homeland of legendary composer Jean Sibelius
• Hop from island to island in the Archipelago of south-western Finland
• Buy a Finnish design classic
• Rent a cottage by a lake
• Take a walk in an old wooden town (Porvoo, Rauma, etc.)
• Meet Santa Claus and ask if he really exists (Don’t pull off his beard)
• Eat a ‘Karjalanpiirakka’ (fast food that looks like a boat)
• Walk in the woods
• Drive on an icy road
• Meet a herd of reindeer while skiing in Lapland