Botanical Gardens, Visby
8 июня 2019 г., Швеция ⋅ ⛅ 18 °CAll inside the city wall. Not much else to say other that it was a beautiful park to spend time in.
All inside the city wall. Not much else to say other that it was a beautiful park to spend time in.
Pictured here is the Maidens Tower, 2 churches that were built attached as the congregation had grown too large. One Russian orthodox and the other Lutheran. St. Hans and St Pers. One is amazed thatЧитать далее
On our way back to the ship we walked along the boardwalk. Again a lovely spot. We were not surprised to see how multi cultural Sweden is. Even on an island there are inhabitants from all over theЧитать далее
Off the boat and on to a locale shuttle bus to the Capital of Finland. It’s Sunday so lots of people out for what is a nice but windy day. As you got off the shuttle you saw the main attraction; theЧитать далее
We get lost pretty quickly even though we have a map. Dianne is map reading and telling me where she thinks we are and I’m agreeing. I don’t care if we’re lost because all I want is a walk. IЧитать далее
We see a shining church in the distance, and like crows, we are drawn to it. It turns out to be tho largest Orthodox Church in Europe. This area, Finland, was part of Russia for a time during theЧитать далее
Dianne wants to go for a boat ride. I point out that we just got off a boat, but I’m willing to go too for a new look at Helsinki. Boat ride was a windy, windy ride. It was interesting to seeЧитать далее
The grounds to the Palace go on and on. There are 150 fountains on the property.
We have mentioned before the Dutch Palace we got to visit. This place makes the Dutch look like paupers. TheЧитать далее
We wore booties inside the part of the Palace Peter the Great lived in with his family. Where he lived was relatively modest compared to the rest of the estate.
The decanter displayed as the finalЧитать далее