{"id":1820,"date":"2014-07-17T19:00:28","date_gmt":"2014-07-17T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/?p=1820"},"modified":"2014-07-17T19:00:28","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T12:00:28","slug":"chillin-in-helsinki-71514","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/?p=1820","title":{"rendered":"Chillin’ in Helsinki, 7\/15\/14"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our ship is docked in Helsinki today. Our excursion starts much later than our last 2 days in St. Petersburg, and it\u2019s also much shorter. It starts off on a small boat cruising the Helsinki Harbor. We get a brief history lesson, and some wonderful sights. There\u2019s a lot of discussion about the harbor freezing, and everyone walking across the ice to all the destinations we\u2019re cruising past today. The winter nights are very long, with only 4 hours of daylight.<\/p>\n

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One of the four ships in the Finnish Icebreaker Fleet.<\/p><\/div>\n

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After the boat ride, we\u2019re dropped in a market area in the center of town for some souvenir shopping. After boarding the bus, we get a few more photo stops, including a monument to the Finnish composer, Jean Sibelius.<\/p>\n

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Sibelius monument<\/p><\/div>\n

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We\u2019re back at the ship by 1:00 pm with an afternoon to kill. The ship seems empty and so relaxing. There are no crowds, anywhere. We really enjoyed Helsinki. Today gave us enough of a \u201ctaste\u201d of the city to entice us to come back. The evening act in the theater is an illusionist (magician). It\u2019s a really good act with nice variety and humor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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