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We had gone to bed at one at night (Finnish time) in our luxurious cabin, but at four o'clock Teije woke up by a call coming from the cabin loudspeaker telling that some people had to disembark now for Åland / Marianhamina.
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Elisabeth & Teije2004-03-06 13:51:51
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Wednesday, June 19, Turku - Helsinki
We had gone to bed at one at night (Finnish time) in our luxurious cabin, but at four o'clock Teije woke up by a call coming from the cabin loudspeaker telling that some people had to disembark now for Åland / Marianhamina. Then he looked at the time and saw how early it was, but from that moment on he didn't get much sleep, waiting for the next call to disembark. At half past five we had our real awakening call, repeated several times after that, once by someone of the crew who entered our cabin with a key. At 7 we have to leave the ship, so we have to hurry if we want to have breakfast. But no smoking is allowed in the restaurants, so we look for a place in the smoking-allowed area. It is too crowded to get a cup of coffee, so we decide we will take our coffee later.
After disembarking, we first go into Turku, the oldest town of Finland, where a lively market is going on at half past seven. At last we can have our first cup of coffee and then walk through town. It's a nice place but there is not much too see. Like ignorant tourists we drive through streets where only busses are allowed, but soon we leave the town and are on our way to Helsinki. It is not far, and we want to see more of the country, so we turn to the south, away from the highway.
At Kuusiston Linna we visit a 14th century castle, once owned by a bisshop. There we also try to make a cup of coffee with this new machine we got, a battery-charger for all kinds of machines, like our water-boiler, but the fuse snaps and we know we can't boil water, eggs or whatever in the car. But we are prepared and have new fuses with us.
Too soon we are back on the way to Helsinki and we are surprised by the number of speed cameras. Everybody is driving very correctly, they all know about the cameras! At noon we have a short lunch at a motorway restaurant. Teije is very tired and has problems keeping his
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