Hotel Kamp Helsinki

We had a brief visit to Helsinki and stayed overnight at the Hotel Kamp. Helsinki is, as ever, civilised. We ate at a very good restaurant called Chez Dominique - the meal was fantastic. Visited Arabia-land again before heading out to the airport for ...

... changed 3 times during that time so we had to keep alert.    We all enjoyed a nice bath/shower once we arrived at Hotel Kamp.  Laura and the girls ate and soon went to bed.  I wasn't tired so I left the hotel to walk around ...

... diet! There are a lot of large statues in Helsinki like the one of their fourth president Kyosti Kallio. We bought a Helsinki Card which entitles us to visit all the attractions (museums, galleries, etc) and all public transport (train, ...

... see from the pics.  We also got to ride a tram which we all thought was pretty neat as it meandered through Helsinki.  The girls and I explored Stockmann's department store which is the largest store in Finland.  It was pretty awesome! ...

... our walk of the southern coast. So we walked north this time instead of south, past what looked like the office centre of Helsinki and then past a few giant graveyards before getting to the coastal point we had wanted to start from. We stopped for lunch ...