If you find yourself in the Helsinki market, and you look towards the harbor, not 50 feet away you’ll see a swarm of people cramming themselves onto a ferry boat and dashing to get a good seat on the top deck. The majority of those people are tourists from the cruise ships that docked earlier … More Suomenlinna Island
We’ve been here in Finland for about 4 and a half months now, and we have yet to take the trip up North to the Arctic Circle. However, we did take a trolly ride to the opposite end of the downtown district in Helsinki to eat dinner at an authentic Lappish restaurant called Lappi. The … More Lappi
This past weekend we boarded the Turku-Helsinki Express bus and headed East to Finland’s capital. For the majority of the way we followed King’s Road, which was a gorgeous drive through the countryside and rolling hills of Southern Finland. Like I mentioned earlier, we stayed in Hotel Katajanokka, which is a refurbished prison. It was … More Helsinki
We’ve been in Helsinki for the past few days and we absolutely LOVE it! There’s a bus that leaves 50 feet from our apartment and follows King’s Road (which is a gorgeous drive) and arrives in Helsinki about 2 hours later. We’re staying on Katajanokka Island at the Hotel Katajanokka, which is a refurbished prison … More My Kind of Town
The circus has come to town here in Turku, the Future Circus Festival that is. Tonight was the opening event of the week-long circus and it included live music, fire juggling, and a tight rope walker. Fun way to spend a summer evening in Finland!
The Wild Rose 