Scandic Continental

... way. As it was both modes of transport arrived at the same time, and fortunately for us the bus was going right by the Scandic Continental and then onto the city centre. Night buses in Helsinki are nothing like the night buses at home. They are well lit, ...

... western Sweden on E6. We got to Halmstad late in the afternoon and decided to spend the night there. We checked into the Continental Hotel and then headed down towards the square looking for a place to have supper. There were a number of restaurants ...

... by Finnish writer Tove Jansson. Not bad for the most sparsely populated country in the European Union. Helsinki is also continental Europe's most northerly capital. Lying between Sweden and Russia, the city has endured its fair share of plague, fire and ...

The last part of vacation with Mom was a couple days in Stockholm. We had a fun time, and I was glad we were able to make it. Now I can say I've been to every Scandinavian capital. Our flight left Monday afternoon, and as I mentioned in my last blog we ...

I will write one long entry on 5 July. Which is today ...