Turku Cathedral

Frank did this leg of the tour without out me while I stayed back in Massachusetts getting the Nuggets (a.k.a. Napali and Olive) ready for their extended stay with Grandpa and Oma, and trying to take care of other logistics like getting a Russian Visa. Operative word was trying. I'll have to cut my stay in Russia later in the Spring to only 4 weeks …

I managed to scrape together a few precious hours sleep on the ferry before making into Turku in Finland by 8am. Once there I caught the bus into the fresh looking local town square that had a massive market bustling. I strolled around here down by the ...

... year, each country has a representative and if they win, their country hosts it the following year).  We view the Helsinki Cathedral.  It was gorgeous on the outside but very plain and white on the inside.  The Helsinki Library was just ...

... at 4 to do the same before leaving. grrr Turku was billed as a historic town of great interest... umm... there's a nice cathedral and some galleries but overall i was not a happy tourist. a very sarcastic trouist. however in the evening we went ...

... no public phones here at all?' 'Hahaha, you are in Finland now' 'But I was in other places in Finland and could find public phones' 'Hahaha, but not in Turku' 'So what does someone do when he has to call someone and has no mobile?' 'Hahaha, are you ...

... were screaming at me on steps - and there were a lot of those. However we made it over to the park beside the cathedral & sat & rested for a little, and then opened the packet of biscuits I'd bought at a supermarket a day or 2 ago (I'm losing track ...

... , with it’s 187,000 lakes and 179,000 islands, here is Wikipedia’s URL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland Most of Turku burned down in 1827 but it was redesigned by Finland’s favourite architect, one Carl Ludwig Engel. It boasts two ...

... because I do not like trying to get through crowdy streets. As the most interesting I find two big churches – the cathedral of Turku and one another red church, which looks fabulous. Turku has also many green areas, parks and benches – it is ...

... cold cuts and cheese. It was so worth it to get out of the rain. We killed some more time by walking over to a fourteenth century cathedral. The door was open so we went in. Church was in session so we sat on a bench in the entrance. The choir sang the ...

... The medieval Turku Castle was our first stop ~ sorry, we forgot to take a picture ~ followed by the Cathedral, and handicrafts museum. Turku also offered Dria a chance to indulge her passion for Finnish textiles. Traditional textiles have become quite ...