If Helsinki is a city dropped in the middle of what we would think of as beautiful cottage country, what do you call a coastal retreat that to which you might escape from Helsinki? Hanko. After a few days of great weather we woke up to grey skies and cold rain. What should you do... Continue Reading →
Hopping around Helsinki
How we chose to spend our first full day in Helsinki won’t be a shocker to anyone who’s read this blog before. That’s right, we started with a hop-on-hop-off bus tour. Having already seen the Market Square, there were three stops we figured we would hop off and take a look around, the Temppeliaukio Church (aka... Continue Reading →
Getting to Helsinki – boringly easy
After reviewing this post Katy commented (i.e. politely complained) that there are no laughs. Well, I’m sorry dear reader, but getting to Helsinki is too uneventful to be funny. If you still want to read on after that intro, well you’re probably part of the 90% of readership that are family. No, we are not... Continue Reading →
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