In June-July-August-September-October 1999 we went on our first around the world trip.
(99-days - Melbourne - Bangkok - Frankfurt - Moscow - St. Petersburg - Stockholm - Helsinki - Copenhagen - Malaga - London -
Western Europe - UK - Egypt - Jordan - Israel - Greece - New York - Las Vegas - Melbourne).
We flew from Stockholm in Sweden to Helsinki.
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4 idle ice-breakers tied up for the summer in Helsinki, Finland. |
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With Ron at his favourite coffee shop in Helsinki. This is where Margaret had the best cheese cake she has ever eaten.
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With Ron eating strawberries and cream on the fortress of Soumelinna Island at Helsinki. |
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Walking around Soumelinna Island with Ron. Building of this fortress that protects Helsinki harbour was started in 1748. |
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A draw bridge at the fortress of Soumelinna Island.
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An old building at the fortress of Soumelinna Island. French money (some 90 barrels of gold) was used to partly pay for the construction of the fortress. |
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Part of the fortress of Soumelinna Island. The fortress was originally constructed to help the Swedes, who occupied Finland at the time, in their long lasting battle against Russia.
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With Ron at the fortress of Soumelinna Island at Helsinki. The fortress is now an UNESCO world heritage site. |
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You can see how narrow the channel is between Soumelinna Island and the mainland and why the fortress was in a great strategic position. You could almost have touched this German ship. |
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Finland's only ever submarine (a World War II model) at Soumelinna Island. |
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Inside Finland's only submarine at Soumelinna Island.
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After 2 nights in Helsinki we flew to Copenhagen in Denmark.
