My husband's trip to Finland - photo essay - 2 of 2 - A little more Finland and Estonia!

Bubbleicious from the Story of When We Were young and stupid from girls with red Hair was from Estonia~ ;) but of course it's fiction *not*

fiction not. not fiction. fiction.

BEEEEYUUUTIFUL~

i love these even more than finland...soooo old....

Thanks for posting to GutterGirls~

nothing like a medieval city, eh?

Beautiful architecture, Kathryn. Looks like something from a fairy tale.

yeah definitely from that era.

my husband said that the Russians are the poorest residents and part of gangs.

Former USSR satellite.

but they snapped up capitalism in a jiffy.

That is a beautiful country. I would love to travel there. Thank you for taking me on this trip to a beautiful country. Great architecture.

:) yeah bon jovi.

I did finally download some pictures of my faily and myself. I may have to change my icon soon. : )

oh ...

It just may be a better Bon Jovi picture. I haven't decided yet. : )

These photos make me think why can't we have buildings in America like this. They're all so beautiful. Loved the Texas Honky Tonk. That was a big surprise. Made me giggle a little bit, though not in a judgmental way.

well we have almost 400 year old buildings here, but not 1,400. York, England was founded in 71 A.D.

beautiful photos!

TY

lovely, lovely!

history in every brick, every wall... if these old homes and castles could talk!

But the Texas Honky Tonk just made me laugh. :)

me, too...

I love the old city streets of cobblestone, windy, with buildings closing in on them. I love red roofs of europe. I love doors!!!!

they are really and truly............amazing.....

Splendid photographs. If I were there, I'd love to walk the narrow streets and drink in this part of the culture.

so would i.....

Exquisite pictures.....

aren't they?

Great pics except that I wish I knew what some of the buildings are. The feel of the old cities is people-scaled and friendly, and built by human hands. Not cold, impersonal and alienating. Love how the houses and buildings rub shoulders. All the old gateways and doorways entice you to walk through them. And color is everywhere, warming the spirit.

my husband has been busy...

GREAT PICTURES

TY

those are just amazing, kathryn - estonia just got added onto my list.

yeah, fantastic.

Such wonderful pictures, the buildings are so interesting to look at, especially the churches. Iw as thinking about how clean it looks in all the pictures...then the graffit one came up!

that was definitely..........something....different.

Very cool stuff. Thanks!

TY

beautiful picture thanks ofr sharing

TY

great photo spread!

isn't it?

Very nice photos!:) Thanks for sharing!:)

TY

Fantastic. You're right - Estonia is even more beautiful.

really incredible medievally restored village amidst a clean and soviet presentation

Great photo essay, beautiful shots.

TY

All I can say is, WOW!

WOW is right, dear Sir.

It is worth repeating: WOW!!

beautiful!

TY

I just love that orthodox cathedral.

it is quite amazing.

Talinn has quite a variety of styles of architecture!

Yes, medieval, orthdox, christian, soviet and scandinavian influenced.

Incredible pictures! The Cathedrals are breathtaking.

yes they are.

Thank you for showing us round the beautiful city of Talinn. But, this time I did not hear the expert comments of the guide, which usually made the tour more interesting!

Did not have time to get the comments from hubby. way too busy. Me, but also him. way too busy.

Where are the people? I'm thinking the bulk of these pictures were taken before everyone woke up.

Hmm. I wonder. I don't know. Maybe we are used to such crowds in the US, but maybe Talinn -

Talinn has a popuation of 405,000 people in 61. square mile. So yeah, that is crowded....

My town, in comparison, 28,000 in 4 square miles. Crowded.

And Massachusetts 6.4 million in 10,000 square miles.

For Talinn, I think the old medieval section here is not that crowded.

I haven't been to Finland but it sure looks to be a beautiful place. Gorgeous cathedrals. Thanks so much for sharing.

it really is gorgeous.

wow, those are beautiful

thank you, they really are.

What a beautiful town. Thanks Kathryn.

it really really is...

We flew most of the way in 52, and 55, both coming and going. But we did get to see Frankfort, Germany - where my cousin took us into the Black Forest, we got to watch them make cuckoo clocks, watches, and saw the clockwork statues.

In Bern, Switzerland, we got off the plane long enough to wander through the little winding streets. It was lovely there too.
The Alps were breathtaking. Our camera was packed.

Ah Bern, yes, I was there in 71 and un 98. 71 it was still quite charming, and in 71 there were still many chalets on the mountainside but not so in 98. In 98, the week we were in Europe - Switz., France and a day in Italy, the only remnants of a very old civilization was in the castle ruins dotting the mountainsides along the highway. But we were also in Annecy, a 12th century French town, not unlike this one.

Its sad that modernizing does away with so many of the charming, friendly old buildings.
I loved Germany. It was like home in atmosphere, yet had all those wonderful old buildings, and atmosphere from long ago.
It was all still there in the 50's. From what I have seen on TV, a lot is now gone.

I also loved what little I got to see of Marseilles, France. I wanted to see the Water Palace so bad, but my dad had seen it. Once he saw something, no one else needed to.
I have seen it of TV of course, but the real thing is so much better, of anything.
We also saw Cairo (Dad said there was 'nothing' in the pyramids,) so could not see them, though they were in plain sight from our hotel.
In those days, a woman could go no where with out a man in the Arab areas of the world.
Mom and I missed a lot because of his 'been there - seen that, nothing interesting (to him) attitude.
We saw Rome, actually got to drive buy the Colosseum, at the usual breakneck cab speed. Also saw that house in Pompeii with the Satyr chasing the nymph. (I was ten, so his equipment impressed me considerably). What a let down to see the normal males (lol).

We were in Athens, but dad just took us to some stupid leather shops in the harbor area.

Tehran, Iran was really lovely. We had dinner with some friends of dad's. It was a nice place for westerners back then.

We wound up in Abquaiq, Saudi Arabia. It was even stricter back then. Except for male employees working, with permits. You could not leave the one mile square compound.
I went with dad on two trips. I had to stay right by his side.
I got to go to a library (very small, and not many books), and a small cafe.

What wonderful travel experiences you have had...Truly wonderful. A lot changes, and yes usually not for the better...

I wish I had been older. Except for wishing to have seen more of the countries, I would not change anything.

We sailed across the Atlantic on a Passenger Freighter, and up the Mediterranean to Beirut, Lebanon; then flew to Daharan, Arabia.

We stopped in most of the ports along the way to off load, or load cargo.
I do have a lot of great memories.

Mom and I even got our hair done in a small shop in Amsterdam. My hairdresser was six and a half feet tall.
Funny, the things you remember.

yes and you remembered them in such a charming way...

Coming back, I was 15. I remember much more of it. I wish I still had the fans and dolls I collected from each place.
With all the moving we did, they are long gone. I have none of them left.

This is so neat that he got to travel to such a lovely place. I'm so happy!

:)

These are great photos and Estonia seems so picturesque. Thanks to hubby for sharing with us!