Last time I wrote I was in Helsinki and just leaving for Tallin. Well our trip to Tallin was a success (except me forgetting my camera and Alexis forgetting her camera charger- luckily Rik came fully prepared!). The old medieval town is so cute and for us was really interesting because it's so different that southern Europe which we're used to. We ate some interesting Russian food as well, pickles and honey! It was good!
We were back in Helsinki for a couple more days. We spent most of the weekend walking around getting to know the city and eating. Eating food we cooked, that Laura cooked, that we bought, we really didn't care. That was the first time we had a kitchen readily available to us and we were really excited. We brought kraft mac and cheese from Madrid and made it there!
Sunday we went to Porvoo, which is a town outside of Helsinki. Because it was Sunday a lot of stuff was closed but it was still nice to walk around and do a little shopping. On Monday we went to an outdoor museum where they had recreated an old Finnish village. No one was really there because it had just started to snow and the museum is pretty dead in off seasons. But it was still fun to walk around and play in the snow! I made a snow angel and Alexis decided to clean the trees of snow, for some odd reason.
With the snow the village looked really picturesque. It actually was a perfect time to visit because it was really pretty in the snow.
Even though the weather wasn't the greatest we had a great time in Helsinki. Rik and Laura were amazing hosts and great cooks! We really couldn't have asked for me. It may have been an odd spring break but definitely worth it!
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