This is not Helsinki! 20220908_055349

This is not Helsinki!

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September 8th 2022
It’s finally filling like a sister’s cruise, drinking free wine in the room and writing the blog and laughing our heads off. We awake to cruising into Finland, no, THIS IS NOT HELSINKI!!!. Originally, we were supposed to go to Helsinki, Tallin and St Petersburgh. Blasted Russians, so instead we are in Mariehamn Finland. This is a cute little, but boring island. It is a vacation spot for North ... read more

Europe » Finland » Åland Islands » Mariehamn

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Finland was a province and then a grand duchy under Sweden from the 12th to the 19th centuries and an autonomous grand duchy of Russia after 1809. It won its complete independence in 1917. During World War II, it was able to successfully defend its f... ... read more