Suomenlinna

We came down to the harbour to visit an island a few minutes away by ferry that had been on my itinerary but had also been pushed by a local we got speaking to. On one of the many occasions we looked lost with our faces buried in a map (or perhaps just mine) a young guy stopped to offer his advice and suggested we visit the island of Suomenlinna, an old fortress used by Sweden, Russia and Finland to defend against attackers. He threatened to eat my mother if we didn't go. We left him as he donned a WWF vest to collect charity money. The ferry gave us another opportunity to rest our legs, although now the sun was out my neck was suffering and I had to cover up. I think Helsinki clearly had the hottest weather of our trip.