Helsinki - Day 2

We had only just prepared for bed last night at 2am. Out of curiosity I looked out the hotel window to see that the sun was rising again. :-O Man, this place totally screws with your circadian rhythm.

In contrast to yesterday, today was a lovely day. Sunny enough for sunglasses! We tottered down the street alongside Esplanade Park to reach the Kauppatori Market Square. Fresh fruit and vegetables were on offer along with Finnish food and souvenirs. I'm not sure how often it runs but it seems to be everyday. It was while inspecting cheesy souvenirs (hello toy elks!) that we found out that the Finnish word for Finland is 'Suomi'. How cute! Hello, my Suomi friend.

Wooden posts and pans. Finnish food all ready for consumption. Turtles near the dock.

It was pretty much a laze-about day with us wandering from one ferry terminal to another to find out the most efficient ferry for our day trip to Tallinn tomorrow *excited face*. We opted for Linda Line rather than Viking as the former would only take 1.5 hours in comparison to the 2.5 hour cruise. A little more expensive but not terribly more so and worth it to ensure we had enough time for a day trip to Tallinn.

We paused for a photo of the Uspenski Cathedral.

We returned to Senate Square to see what the cathedral looked liked during the day. It looked the same.

We did a spot of shopping at Stockmann (kinda like David Jones) and came back with some goodies.

Marshmallow clouds..... squishy! Hamburger sauce, the best there is! With gherkins too!

And errr.... horse meat. Really. I do like my cured meats so we thought 'why not?' It was .... weird. It was gamey and some more. The only way I can describe the taste is akin to having a 'smell in your mouth'. Smee didn't mind it and happily ate the share I no longer wanted.

Tomorrow, we're going to Estonia! Tallinn time! Yippee!