A Day and Night in Helsinki

Helsinki

With just a couple hour ferry ride from Tallinn we decided to spend a day and night in Finland.  The ferries are massive, complete with grocery store, plenty of bars and restaurants, full cafeteria and on the way over there was live music in the ball room.

Helsinki Ferry from Tallin

Since our time was limited we took the earliest boat and had decided on the Hop On, Hop Off red bus tour of the city.  In our case it was a great way to quickly see the sights and get some history/commentary about them.  Then we circled back around the downtown area to have a closer look and eventually some people watching and cold beer at a patio near the train station.

Helsinki, Finland

That evening we met up with Sunny and Todd.  They acquired some Champagne to share with us and we somehow waited until the last day we would see them to drink it.  They had gotten it from the wine maker himself when they camped at his vineyard in France just a month or so before.  It was the best I’ve ever had!

Helsinki, Finland

The ferry back to Tallinn was just as large and this one had a bingo tournament.  We moved seats.  From Tallinn we took a bus back to Riga for one last night and then the adventure was done.  Now we plan for the next one!

TallinHelsinki, Finland

 

 

 

 

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