Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Suomenlinna Sveaborg


Arriving back in Helsinki we had a day to fill in before boarding yet another ship!  So we spent our day on the Suomenlinna Sveaborg island fort in the Helsinki harbour.  To get there we caught a small ferry that only took about 15 minutes. 

We spent the day exploring the islands.  There were still some cannons and lots of tunnels that you could walk though.  It was easy to get lost in the tunnels and pop out in some unusual places on the island. 

Allan, Corban and Leo went inside a WWII submarine.  It was funny when Leo came out to examine how the submarine was held up on the land, he wanted to know how they got it in the water and when would he be going under.  I think he was a bit disappointed that it wasn’t actually working.  Allan got a good knock on the head when he stood up in one part.

After we had finished on the island it was back to Helsinki to pick up our car and board another ship, heading to Estonia.  This time we didn’t board the ship until almost 9pm and we were all so tired from our Russian adventure that we simply had showers and went to bed.      

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