Helsinki

Last weekend, after Valborg, we started our (or actually David's) long planed trip to Helsinki. David invited his friend David to the trip in stead of throwing a birthday party. On Friday afternoon we jumped into the car and drove to the boat - Silja Line. David, David, Ylva and me shared a room with view to the promenade in the middle of the boat. Karin and Jonas had a room with view to the water. Ufortunately Karin and Jonas' room was on the deck where all the drunk party guests were, so they didn't get plenty of sleep that night. Our deck (the one above Karin and Jonas') was really quiet, but we weren't often in the rooms anyway. After leaving our bagage, we went on a round tour and checked out the boat. There were many restaurants and even more drink bars, a play room for kids, a playstation lounge for a bit bigger kids (like for example the Davids) and uncountable Souvenier shops. At one end of the boat there was a small scene and with a disco floor. At the other end was the big room for the breakfast and dinner buffets. At six o'clock - the boat had already left the habour - we went to one of the restaurants and ate a very delicious meal à la carte. We decided to sit there a long while, because we didn't want to do that much in the rest of the boat and it was a smart idea to go to bed quite early. The next day proofed to be long but exciting.
After breakfast at half past six Swedish time and halv past seven Finnish time, the boat arrived Helsinki's harbour. Firstly we went to the known church in the middle of a rock. I normally don't use to get excited about churches, but this one was really special and worth a longer look. The rest of the day we spent shopping or at least looking through shops and laughing at the Finnish names for things. We only took a short lunch break in an old café. In the evening, back on the boat, we ate an early dinner and went to the disco floor afterwards. There was a so-called "Moomin-Disco" for kids and David (the my-hostbrother-David, not the his-friend-David) succeeded to argue Ylva and me into dancing with him. When the Davids got tired, Jonas followed them up to the room, Karin, Ylva and me stayed beside the scene, because there would be a show from the staff. A band was playing and six women with very tiny but sparkling underwear showed a rhythmic dance. I forgot to tell that the theme on the boat was Brasil, so everything, also the show, was in brazil style. Beside the dancers there were six men who showed tricks with a football. It was entertaining and funny to watch. Jonas was a bit disappointed that he missed the show.
The most of the drunk party guests went off in Helsinki, so this night was a lot more recreative for Karin and Jonas than the last one. The next morning we ate breakfast again on the boat and soon we arrived in Stockholm. It was a wonderful trip with many moments to laugh, good food and a lot to remember!

 When the boat took off we had a look at the archipelago and took some pictures. It was very windy, so we didn't stay outside that long.

 Here a picture from the restaurant we ate at on Friday evening.

 Helsinki habour

 This is the church from outside. I know, it doesn't look any special or interesting on this picture...

 ...but when you're inside, it really looks different. That is what I call impressive architecture.

 David and David

Me in front of the Silja Line.