My name is Marion Vermazen. I am a traveler, hiker, reader, Sun alumnus, computer geek, YouTuber, Spanish and French language student, knitter, weaver and genealogist.
Today we walked all over the old town of Tallinn. It is such an interesting and photogenic place that I just kept taking pictures! And there weren’t very many people, I suppose because we are into September. And the weather was lovely with a high of 72.
For dinner we went to another wonderful restaurant near our hotel, Restaurant Härg.
This morning we walked and then took a tram to the Helsinki ferry terminal. From there we caught a ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn, Estonia.
It is interesting to look at a map. Tallinn and Helsinki are on opposite sides of the entrance to the gulf of Finland. At the eastern end of the Gulf is St. Petersburg. As you can imagine there is a large fortress at the entrance to Helsinki Harbor.
In Tallinn we walked to our hotel the Radisson Collection.
For dinner we had an excellent meal at Kolm Sibulat near our hotel. We started with olives and shrimp ceviche. Then Duke had calves liver and I had duck. It was all delicious.
Today was mainly a travel and rest day. We spent most of the afternoon on the bus from Turku to Helsinki. In Helsinki we walked from the bus station to the Radisson RED Hotel where we are staying. Later we explored a bit.
Friday Mikko and Ritva took us a a wonderful tour of the Turku region. First we stopped at the Medieval church of St Bridget’s Convent
Then we went to the harbor area of Naantali. As you can tell from the pictures the weather was absolutely perfect. The high temperature yesterday was 82 degrees.
From Naantali we went to Ruissalo Folk Park. The entire island is a natural area set aside for hiking, biking and recreation.
We stopped for a delicious pea soup lunch at Ruissalon Honkapirni
On our way back to the house we stopped at Turku Cathedral.
Our final stop was to see the Caravelle FinAir jet that Mikko is helping to restore. The jet was the very first jet owned and operated by Finnair.
We got off the sleeper train at 7:30 this morning in Turku. Roger’s friend Mikko picked us up. We are staying at Mikko and his wife Ritva’s house. They are making our staying in Finland so much richer than it ever would have been without them.
We walked to the beautiful old church near their house.
On the way back from the church we saw these robots that deliver groceries.
We have been eating interesting and delicious Finnish food. The mushrooms in this tart were foraged locally.
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