Travel 2016 – Ekenas, Raseborg Castle, Turku, Day 7

Day 7, Monday 11th July Moose count = 0, even on a plate It was time to leave Helsinki, checking out of the hotel Klaus K after one more of their excellent breakfasts. The bread alone was worth getting up for and the other offerings such as smoked vendace were also excellent! We did a…

Travel 2016 – Helsinki, Day 6

Day 6, Sunday 10th July Moose count = 0, but lots of signs Well the day didn’t start too well with gloomy skies and the threat of rain as we strolled down the Esplanade yet again, this time to take the historic tram tour, and then the rather longer sightseeing tour on the Number 2…

Travel 2007 – Lisbon, Days 3 and 4

Sunday, 21st/Monday, 22nd October 2007 – Lisbon, Days 3 and 4 Sunday morning was just as sunny and we duly set off for the suburb of Santa Maria de Belém (known as Belém), to take a look at a variety of things. The day’s entertainment started quite early when about 300 people all tried to…

Travel 2007 – Lisbon, Day 2

Saturday, 20th October 2007 – Lisbon, Day 2 Saturday we had a late-ish breakfast then headed for the Praça do Comercio where we discovered that the princely sum of 17€ each we could play with the historic tourist tram, a splendid electric tram of some early vintage, which would take us for an hour and…