Helsinki vacation




Monday August 6th.

It is now time that we wrap up our summer vacation in Helsinki, Finland.  It has been a great four days!  We have explored the city visiting a number of museums, historic churches, and shops.  A few highlights include swimming in a pool complex that has a Baltic sea pool and visiting the historic military sea fortress island of Suomenlinna.

It has been a whirlwind since we left Hudson on the 31st.  Thanks to Brother Dan and Rhonda's mom Jeri we made it to the airport and caught our flight to Amsterdam where we laid-over for a few hours before arriving around 1AM in Helsinki - and after a few strange looks due to our 8 big suitcases we settled in!

Today we will pack up those suitcases and board the ferry for the ride across Finland Bay to Estonia.  Our busy travel day will also include a 2 hour bus ride and a few taxi rides until we get to our destination of Narva.  Rhonda has found an AirBNB to rent for a week before we are off again as we travel to Parnu, Estonia.  After spending a few days in Parnu while Rhonda presents at a conference we plan to travel to Riga, Latvia before returning to Narva to settle in.

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