At the risk of editorialising I’m going to give you my thoughts on Finland. What a great country! It’s a lot like Japan in some ways, very safe, hardly any crime, the people are reserved but will do anything for you if you ask them. There’s very little homelessness here because they give homeless people a place to live. As in Japan it’s a fairly equitable society. The three countries in the world I have lived where people are particularly nice to each other (and noticeably to animals) would be Cuba, Japan and Finland, and unfortunately New Zealand about thirty years ago. Coincidence? Maybe.
A view of the river from the bridge just near our house, cathedral in the distance. I walked over this bridge most days on my way to the local shop.I hope it’s not too farty on board!MS Viking Glory, launched 2021. She has an electric motor mounted in an external pod that can swivel 360 degrees. Steam powered electric generator using LNG.We had a cabin with a view. The ship was exceptionally smooth and quiet, also relatively low on emissions, it’s a great way to travel.Turku in the distance there.Heading towards Stockholm Breakfast on board was excellent and we had a nice view.We liked these Viking Line toysI would have bought one but our bags are totally full unfortunately. One of the bars on the sun deckThe Viking Grace catching up with us at Mariehamn Mariehamn portThe view from our hotel in Uppsala is lovelyMy one weakness, my Achilles heel if you will. Liquorice shop in Uppsala. The icecream was excellent. This dog bakery possibly trumps the dog icecream shop we found in Helsinki. This is a famous tail-less cat in Uppsala. Like all great cities Uppsala has a river running through it.The clouds here can be spectacular.
We really enjoyed our time in Turku, we will miss it. Pauline has a week visiting the university here in Uppsala, this is an old university town from way back and I’m looking forward to exploring it.
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