First post, by Almoststew1990
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Hello everyone,
I thought I would share some pictures from my holidays Finland and Estonia, if anyone is interested!
We started in Finland. Christmas Eve (which is when Finnish people celebrate Christmas) was very cold - 14c in Tervakoski! Quite snowy too; we walked out onto a lake as well as on some local paths. These photos are from mid day.
Finns have a tradition to visit the cemetery and light candles next to deceased family and friends. I took my camera and did some long exposure photos in the dark, some were blurry some came out OK (about 1 second shutter time for a light shot and half a second for the darker shot).
On the way back we passed the "Light House" haha
For the next couple of days we went to Tallinn in Estonia. We climbed the teletorn - a soviet era telecommunications tower.
As you can see, it was a cloudy day. When we got to the top...
I do like the irony of the text. This probably wasn't what the tour people meant 😉
It did clear up a bit however
We went to a naval seaplane hanger museum thing. It houses the oldest floating subarmine, floating from the 1930s to 2011.
I love the way the concrete staining (and direction) and the metal ship contrast whilst being a similar colour.
We had dinner in a colourful Mexican restaurant.
Back in Finland, Helsinki this time.
Cathedral:
City Museum
(1950's Helsinki Apartment)
Old Market
Helsinki itself
Finally a nice beer...
...In our slightly creepy hotel
I'm now very tired having got back home last night at 4am (biological time) after walking around Helsinki all day and spent today unpacking!