ScandiTrip 2006

We got in this morning around 10am. The overnight cruise was sort of strange but interesting. Aside from all the cabins, it has about 6-7 restaurants, a casino, and a nightclub. However, we spent most of our time on the deck watching the beautiful Swedish archipelago go by. Many pictures.

Helsinki is small and modern. Not much in the way of narrow winding streets or old castles. But, we did see the famous "rock church", which was carved out of solid rock and has a circular copper roof. The acoustics in side are excellent and there was someone playing the piano while we visited.

Helsinki also has an excellent national history museum. It is well laid out and walks you chronologically through Finish history from the stone age, through the middle ages, and into modern times. The best we've seen on this trip.

We booked a day trip to Tallin, Estonia for tomorrow. We leave and 8am and will be back a bit after 4pm. The boat trip takes about 90 minutes each way, so that should give us plenty of time to see this very old capital city. Looking forward to it!

Probably post again tomorrow (since our hotel has a nice internet station!).

-ge