We have finally made it to FINLAND!!!!! YAY. Nicola has been uber excited about finally making it to Finland after years of wanting to be here... thankfully this wonderful country lived up to all of her high expectations and she has had a wonderful time. We finally found a country in europe that she would move to in a heartbeat!
The fins are a super people who are greatly different to their Scandinavian brothers and sisters that we have previously visited. whilst many are bonde haired and blue eyed and quiet when sober, loud when not, they are a lot more metal and grunge in their look and attitude... this is afterall the home of metal !!!
So our first stop in Finland was Turku. We arrived here at about 7am after sailing overnight from stockholm. We only stayed here one night as it is quite a small town and everything is pretty close together. We also stayed in a really cool hotel-- it was an old ship called the Bore, so we got to sleep on the water for a second night and sleep in cabins :) luckily also this was the cheapest hotel in Turku and also the closest to the ferry terminal. oh and it came with free breakfast so it really checked all of our boxes :)
When we arrived we couldn't check-in to our room as it was too early, so we rented some amazing yellow bikes and set off to see the city
our super cool yellow bikes
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| We decided this looked a bit like Kermit the Frog :) |
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| They have a thing for flying ships in Finland |
After the Church we rode through an international market that was set up in the town and headed for one of the main art museums. this was up a MASSIVE hill. nic won the race to the top
when we got there we discovered it didnt open until 11. so we sat outside in the nice park with our books and waited for opening time.
After we went to the art museum, we headed back to the market and ate our way through a few countries, mainly we had crepes and waffles and looked at lots of fudge and meats and foods and goods from many countries
After walking through the market and getting full of berries and Nutella, we made our way to Turku Castle.
We had a lot of fun here in the museum as well as walking through the well preserved castle.
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| The view down the massive hill to the river |
After we went to the art museum, we headed back to the market and ate our way through a few countries, mainly we had crepes and waffles and looked at lots of fudge and meats and foods and goods from many countries
After walking through the market and getting full of berries and Nutella, we made our way to Turku Castle.
We had a lot of fun here in the museum as well as walking through the well preserved castle.
Bec built a castle
bec playing dress ups
nic so tired so she decided to have a quick shut eye in the castle church we seem to be napping in a lot of church pews??
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