NOTE: I am still alive.

Also note: I don't know why, but this post is backwards. So if you start at the bottom, the pictures will go in consecutive order. Sorry. I'm a newbie.

I was 200 km away from St. Petersburg, and only a few away from the Russian border.
Unna, me, and Marita in front of the cathedral in Helsinki.

Kaisla and her beloved horse friend.

Unna and Litu, on our way home from the tiny marketplace nearby.

This is at the medieval festival in Turku. All of these random Finnish people came up and started taking pictures of the foreign girl....it was slightly awkward

My first taste of Piima.....it's like spoiled milk.

"very healthy!"

The beautiful Baltic Sea. This is where we went to sauna and had a Finnish Barbeque on our last evening together.

The market place in Turku! In the back is the Orthodox church.

Me, in the marketplace, with my mango meloni ice cream and markimekko shopping bag.



I'm sorry it's been so long, but things have been rather busy here on this side of the Atlantic. I am, however, still alive and breathing. Here are some pictures (finally, finally) to prove it.