We spent our last day in Finland traveling from Turku to Porvoo with a nice stop in Hvittrask.
Hvittrask is the home and studio of world famous Finnish architect, Eliel Sarrinen This architect designed the Gateway Arch in Saint Louise and many other projects around the world. We enjoyed visiting the compound that he and his architect buddies built for themselves on 16 acres in the Art Nouveau period in the early 1900's. Quite lovely. The setting reminds of us Lake Tahoe....granite, cedars, pines, and blue water.
We arrived in Sipoo outside of Porvoo in the early afternoon. We checked into our quaint country AirBNB, then drove a few miles more to the old town of Porvoo, where we spent the afternoon enjoying the sunshine, 16th century architecture, and a good wine over a salmon dinner.
Day 38 - Flight to Stockholm
We left Finland this morning at 11:00 a.m. on SAS and arrived in Sweden at 11:01. No, it didn't take us one minute. There was a one hour time change. We rented a car and learned it was not available so we were upgraded to a nice diesel Citroen. After packing in our luggage which was quite easy given the room we headed for Stockholm. We arrived in the old part of the town where our AirBNB was located about 3:00 p.m., found a parking space that we had to pay for until 5;00 and then it was free until Monday morning when we leave.
Our accommodations are in a lovely old building dating back to the 1700's that has a refurbished apartment, a nice young couple as hosts, and three curious cats. We took an afternoon walk into the old section of the city, had an ice cream followed by dinner in a nearby pub. As we write this blog it is about 7:30, we are waiting for our bill, and then we will walk a block down the hill to our apartment.
Tomorrow, we will be be visiting the Abba Museum. Mama Mia! On Sunday, we will be spending the day with our Swedish foreign exchange student of 1994, Susanne, her husband, mother and three daughters. Looking forward to the visit.
All is well with the Worrall Travel R's
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