Vaxholm – A charming little town of within the archipelago.
An hour (or so) boat ride out of Stockholm brings you to the start of the Stockholm archipelago. Since time was limited we decided to sail out to the first of the major towns – Vaxholm – as it was the shortest of the boat trips to the major archipelago towns. As we jumped abroad…
Getting lost in Gamla Stan.
Hej Sweden, we’ve made our way via overnight ferry and now we are ready for you – but first rest was to be had. As we rose from our AirBnB accommodation we were greeted with grey clouds for a lovely Stockholm summer’s day. It didn’t get us down, we were determined to trek out explore…
How’d you do, Porvoo.
As apart of our holiday we decided on a little venture outside of Helsinki to the lovely old town of Porvoo. A quick bus ride (again with free Wifi =] ) – of about an hour – brings us to this peaceful little medieval town which is about 50kms east of Helsinki. The bus brings…
Living like locals around these photogenic streets
Reading online, people say that tourists could get bored within two days in Helsinki. I beg to differ. When we started to plan this trip last year we did so with in the intent to live like locals and just get immersed in the city and explore every little street that we could. Our legs…
Helsinki, Come at me.
We’ve arrived! 20 hours or so flying time with a stop over in Singapore, we have made it to the land of the Finns. The weather was warmer than Melbourne, a cosy 16 degrees at 6am welcomed us like a semi warm hug and the fact it was already bright, it was going to take…