Our first day after the
overnight ferry ride was spent swimming and lounging around the pool. Corban has learnt to hold her breath and swim
down to pick up objects from the bottom of the pool, she can also now do
underwater somersaults. She is very
pleased with herself.
We moved from the pool to
Lake Saaksjarvi on our second day. This
is the nicest water we have swum in this holiday. The water comes from a natural spring and was
clear and warm, we plan to come back.
Leo was exhausted from all our travels and even had a little sleep on
the beach. Taylor enjoyed jumping off
the high dive boards and everyone loved cooling off in the water and building
sandcastles.
This time we took the bus
into the main city of Helsinki. The city
is relatively modern and not very big.
It was very easy to follow our own walking tour of the main locations. We loved the markets down by the
harbour. There were lots of huge Artic
Salmon steaks cooking, little salty fish and even reindeer meat. Alongside this we saw lots of hand made
crafts, reindeer antler and rug souvenirs.
Something slightly different that we saw today was a church carved into
stone. It was very beautiful on the
inside and had a man playing beautifully on the piano.
Day four saw a change in
the weather, it was still hot but probably the longest and loudest thunder we
have ever heard. The thunder and
lightning didn’t set in until the afternoon so we managed a lazy morning
followed by a nature walk in the forest.
The signs indicated that we could possibly see some interesting animals
like eagles, lynx (like a bobcat), otters, moose … but we didn’t see anything
other than giant ant hills. Corban and
Leo also collect wild berries and mushrooms.
I learnt that wild berries and mushrooms are really strong tasting and
we probably need to learn how to cook them properly rather than just taste them
raw.
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