Finland

LiquidElephantLiquidElephant Registered Users Posts: 67 Big grins
edited August 30, 2011 in Journeys
We had a housemate for a year who hailed from Finland, his wife from Romania. She had moved to Finland to work for Nokia, but he had a further year on his studies, so he rented a room where I also do. When he left, he told me that I must come visit him ... so a couple of months ago I did :)

The harbour in Helsinki
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We took a trip out on a ferry to a fortified island, the name of which I forget...
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And ran into a wedding taking place!
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A bridge onto the other part of the island
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We then later headed out to the countryside, to stay with my friend's parents. His father insisted on cooking us some tiny fishes using something he'd just bought.
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They were VERY tasty!
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Mosquitoes were everywhere, and citronella didn't help :(
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  • LiquidElephantLiquidElephant Registered Users Posts: 67 Big grins
    edited August 26, 2011
    The next day, we got taken out on a little boat to see my friend's grandparents, who lived on an island in the middle of the lake we were close to. The weather for the whole four days we were there was glorious :)

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    The jetty on the island.
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    Taken from the boat. These few are all from my Panasonic Lumix TZ6, a cracking camera! You can just about see my friend on the phone. They say don't phone and drive, not sure how it applies to boats ... ;)
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    Later on we went onto his friend's house (still in the country). This place was directly on the lake (which was amazing), and my friend did a spot of unsuccessful fishing ;)
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    The sunset was nice - it never got dark, though!!
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    Here's a duck
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    Mummy duck, to be precise. She was swimming around with her five almost-fully-grown ducklings, whilst my girlfriend and I were in the water. Everyone else kept throwing bread at us. It's weird having ducks rushing towards your face and stealing bread from under your nose!! :D
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  • LiquidElephantLiquidElephant Registered Users Posts: 67 Big grins
    edited August 26, 2011
    After another day in the country, we headed back to Helsinki and went for a wander. I didn't get many decent images unfortunately!

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    Finnish Parliament
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    This museum was sadly closed, but it did have a bear outside :)
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  • rpcrowerpcrowe Registered Users Posts: 733 Major grins
    edited August 29, 2011
    Fortified Island Area around Helsinki

    http://www.fortified-places.com/suomenlinna.html
  • LiquidElephantLiquidElephant Registered Users Posts: 67 Big grins
    edited August 30, 2011
    That's the one. Keep forgetting the name, thanks! :)
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