Savonlinna was amazing. We had the most spectacular time - more details to come over the next few days (well, good intentions there, obviously).
A couple of fairly typical views above, both taken from where our hotel was, right on a lake. Mind you, large swathes of Finland actually are lake, so that's not hard.
We are already planning to go back to the Opera festival next year, although under our own steam, because this trip taught us two things.
1) It is far too long since we were last in Finland (35 years approx?) and we need to go again.
2) 99% of the people who can afford to go on organised trips with the firm we have been using are obnoxious and we don't want to run the risk of encountering any of the ones who were on this one ever again.
We're here for the next eight weeks so I am hopeful I can get caught up on the blog before we go away again!
My sister follows that principle with the guided tours run by the cruise company she uses 😉
ReplyDeleteI like you no 2!!! Maybe you could do a day trip to Westray in that eight weeks .
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Deletewe are saving Westray for next summer, which we anticipate being our last on Orkney.
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