Lutheran Cathedral

July 17th 2007
From Old Town We Travel To New Town Helsinki is the only capital city in Europe to have no medieval past. This modern Baltic city was originally formed in the late 1700’s as a supply depot for a fort. Later, when the Russians took the country from the Swedes, the capital was moved here so that it could be closer to St. Petersburg. For more than 100 years the Finns were ruled by M ... read more

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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

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Michael & Kelley Turner

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For all of you who don't know us, we are a relatively normal married couple from Richmond, VA. We have been married for 5 years and have been friends since we met at Capital One on our first day of work. We have decided to make a "nontraditional move" with our lives. On November 7th, 2006 Kel and I left everything behind and started traveling beginning with Lisbon, Portugal. The plan was to start in Europe, hit Asia, Australia and New Zealand and then return to Europe to finish our year. Before it was all said and done we added destinations in the Middle East and Africa. The trip was am... full info

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