Category Archives: Finland

Our last full day in Finland had us headed back to Helsinki, with one urgent task. We hated to leave the archipelago on such a beautiful day, but we had to get covid tests prior to returning to the US. … Continue reading →

Saturday morning, Midsummer Day, we packed up from Ruissalo and drove back through Turku, east on E18, then turned south onto 180. This route would take us to Nagu/Nauvo, deeper into the archipelago. This destination was suggested by Pamela, as … Continue reading →

The official sunrise is 0403 AM and the official sunset here today is 1103 PM. So we should have five hours of darkness, but it isn’t very dark. The sun doesn’t go far below the horizon at all, so it … Continue reading →

Hanko is a beautiful coastal town in southern Finland. There is a walking path along the water that leads out of town and takes you past villas, many with names and dates painted on the side.

There is no better place than Finland and no better time than Midsummer to break a 15 month involuntary hiatus from travel. So here I am, in Hanko, Finland, as the “plus one” on another working holiday. It was not … Continue reading →

We had just two days to explore Helsinki, which we did using the public transport systems.  The train from the airport got us to the main station downtown, and the rest we did by trolley and foot.  A one day … Continue reading →

34% of my DNA comes from Finland, so you wouldn’t think it would take over fifty years to get here, but it did.  Luckily, I am here now. We landed in Helsinki, got in our rental car, and headed to … Continue reading →