Helsinki, Finland

Today we took a trip to Helsinki, Finland. We came over from Tallinn, Estonia via a 2 hour ferry ride. The Nordics are nourishing expensive, so we didn't splurge on any museums today.

A few items of note, while there we visited Temppeliaukio Church. A Lutheran church designed by architects Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen. The Church is built directly into solid rock, it is also known the Rock Church.

The meal pictures was a traditional Finnish meal. Shown on th3 bottom is Sautéed reindeer with mashed potatoes & lingonberries. At top is a creamy salmon soup, with traditional rye bread and butter.

On the ferry back to Tallinn, we were serenaded to Finnish and Estonian Karaoke! A few songs were in English, though. We did get to hear someone with a Russian-ish accent butcher Billy Joel's "She's Always a Woman." I think he was dedicating it to his girlfriend / wife. Hopefully, his day job wasn't playing in a Billy Joel cover band, "Goodnight St. Petersburg" (instead of Saigon... best I could come up with).Read more