Day 13: This is where I stopped writing reminder notes. Mind you, by the time I was in about the 3rd city we visited I was confused. I couldn't tell one place from another, so I had started writing notes on some paper because typing on my blog...well, one, I couldn't remember how to log in, and two, have you seen Rob's cell phone? You don't want to type more than about 3 words at a time or it will drive you crazy with the tedium. So. We were on a ship to Helsinki when we awoke on morning #13. We arrived in Helsinki around 10 am. Went to our hotel and dropped off our luggage at the Scandic Continental. We walked thru a park called...something, where they had this huge structure that looked like lots of pipes welded together. Rob stuck his head in one and made noise. It was so funny! Then we found lunch (me: McDonalds, him: Indian) at a mall. Wandered. Bought a keychain and some 
postcards, although we had no idea what they said. I translated them when we got home. Turns out one said something like, "A woman will never admit to her actual age, and a man will never act like his age." Wandered some more. Ate dinner at a restaurant attached the hotel. Walked around a lake afterwards. Went to bed.
postcards, although we had no idea what they said. I translated them when we got home. Turns out one said something like, "A woman will never admit to her actual age, and a man will never act like his age." Wandered some more. Ate dinner at a restaurant attached the hotel. Walked around a lake afterwards. Went to bed.Day 14: Woke up in Helsinki, ate a quick breakfast, and took the tram to the ship dock. Oh, yah, this is the one we almost missed. The dock with our ship was quite far from the tram stop. We ran. With luggage. Anyhow, this was 
just a ferry, about 
a 2 hour ride, to Tallinn, Estonia. When we arrived, we checked our luggage and took a taxi into the old part of town. Saw wonderful old Russian cathedrals and the city wall. Bought a keychain, some postcards, some little ceramic houses like I have on the mantel at home. Walked ourselves silly, at lunch at a bar, walked some more, walked back to the ferry. Got on. Checked into our cabin, which was another one without windows. This ferry took us back to Stockholm overnight.
just a ferry, about 
a 2 hour ride, to Tallinn, Estonia. When we arrived, we checked our luggage and took a taxi into the old part of town. Saw wonderful old Russian cathedrals and the city wall. Bought a keychain, some postcards, some little ceramic houses like I have on the mantel at home. Walked ourselves silly, at lunch at a bar, walked some more, walked back to the ferry. Got on. Checked into our cabin, which was another one without windows. This ferry took us back to Stockholm overnight.Day 15: Woke up on ferry. Quick breakfast. It kind of sucks to have to pay $15 or $20 for breakfast when all you do is use their hot water for instant oatmeal and hot chocolate. Somehow, raw fish just doesn't appeal to me for breakfast. Or smoked fish. Or whatever it was. Rob loved it. He liked the food everywhere, of course. Lucky guy! So anyhow. We got off the boat, took a taxi to our hotel. Oops, didn't have enough cash and he didn't take Visa. So Rob ran off to find a cash machine and I waited with our luggage and the taxi driver on the curb. Paid him. Went into hotel, went to room. Wait. The room had only one bed, and we'd specifically asked for a double bed or two beds. They promised to have a bed brought up soon. So, we left our luggage, and went out to explore. We went to Tivoli Groneland (different from Tivoli in Copenhagen). Went on a few roller coaster rides and in a fun house. It really was a fun house. We had to climb huge 
moving stairs to get in, and then there were tilting stairs, tilting rooms, spinning rooms, slides, magic carpets, undulating rooms, bridges that sprang up and down (very delightful tummy feeling!), wow! Then we went to Skansen, which is a place right across the street almost, and they had brought in houses from all ages and assembled them in all one place. So we saw sod houses, old farm houses, stables, etc. And they had some animals, where we saw up close mooses and reindeer with very felty antlers. Finally, we went back to our room, asked again for another bed, finally got it, went to sleep.
moving stairs to get in, and then there were tilting stairs, tilting rooms, spinning rooms, slides, magic carpets, undulating rooms, bridges that sprang up and down (very delightful tummy feeling!), wow! Then we went to Skansen, which is a place right across the street almost, and they had brought in houses from all ages and assembled them in all one place. So we saw sod houses, old farm houses, stables, etc. And they had some animals, where we saw up close mooses and reindeer with very felty antlers. Finally, we went back to our room, asked again for another bed, finally got it, went to sleep.Day 16: Time to go "home." Killed time for awhile, went to tram, to train, to airport. This time, they finally noticed that I had a pair of scissors with me in my luggage. You can't do needlepoint without scissors! They also discovered that I had a bottle of Pepsi. Oops. I did forget to ditch that. They were a bit annoyed with me, and probably thought, "stupid americans." But I didn't care. We were on our way to Munich. Just two flights and two train rides away. YAY!
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