Helsinki; Wednesday, 26 July, 2006

After catching the bus from the airport and checking in to the hotel I caught the tram into town and out to the fish market. There I went on the canal cruise again, which last year had been mostly seen from behind glass during a spectacular rain storm. Thankfully this year the weather co-operated. After that I wandered over to the station to pick up my pre-booked tickets for Turku on Thursday and Tampere on Friday.

After a short stop for postcards I wandered back to the fish market and caught the evening dinner cruise round the archipelago. This 2 1/2 hour tour goes round many more of the islands whilst at the same time you get served a three course meal (drinks extra as I found out at the end!)

At the end of the tour I caught the tram back to the hotel for a well earned sleep.