What the Helsinki!?

After St. Petersburg, we had two more cities to stop at. They were nice because we didn't have any tours, we just walked and enjoyed the cities by the sea. We are pretty spoiled because after the elaborate Russia, everything seemed a lot more 'plain' and redundant. How lame is that? Here we are in Europe and we're saying there's no gold in here or there's another mural. Haha!

Luckily, Helsinki is a beautiful city and the Finnish people are super nice. We got into the city and thought we had gotten onto the wrong train...

Gotham City anyone?

I think this was their inspiration.

Then, we took a ferry to an old fortress that is now this sweet little town. It was very quaint and a beautiful day to walk around. It kind of reminded me of Antelope Island, minus the stinky brine shrimp and all the gnats.

After the fortress, we walked around the beautiful city seeing the cathedrals and cobble stoned streets. We are in Europe after all...

Now that we are back in the desert, I sure do miss seeing green trees,

ancient cathedrals and the pretty seascapes.