A pretty hectic day as it is our only full day in Finland. We were up pretty early as we were still feeling the effects of the Aisan time zone we just left behind. We went to a guide-book recommended place called Cafe Ekberg for breakfast and got our fill on a buffet breakfast of great breads, cheese, eggs, cold meat and fruit. It was still raining (seemed non-stop since we arrived here) so we just strolled around for a bit and came by the retro railway station. Built in 1914 the architecture is great and it felt like we were in a movie with trains departing for Moscow and St Petersburg. Helsinki is well connected by ferry to Stockholm and it is only a short ferry ride across the Gulf of Finland to Tallinn in
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