Baltic Sea Cruise

I am not sure how I pictured Finland before going, but it was really different of how I imagined, it is a big city with amazing views. Helsinki was a little bit cold, cloudy and windy, but we really enjoyed it. The food is really nice, we went to an street market called Market Square and there were a lot of options for everyone. We took a ride on a boat that take you around to see some little islands nearby where some people live, the views where great, I loved to see the houses on the small islands, and having the opportunity to see the sunset there was so beautiful. I am really glad we had a little bit more time there.

We had never been to Russia before, it was great, despite it was only one day. For making the most out of the little time we had there, we took the hop on – hop off bus, which helped us to see a lot of places and learn about their history in a short period of time. We visited the Hermitage Museum which was amazing but we did not stayed for a long time because we wanted to enjoy the most the city, not just one place. It was really nice to see the Rivers and canals of St. Petersburg while we were on the bus and walking arount the city.

I think my favourite place we visited was Stockholm, it is a beautiful city, with really kind and happy people, it is really clean, it is almost perfect. We took the hop on - hop off bus in Stockholm too, but we also walked around a lot and learn lots of things about the city, the history and for me the most interesting thing was that we learned about the “Stockholm syndrome”, it has this name due to a robbery that happened on a bank there, people were held hostage for about 6 days, but they had developed a bond with their captor and trusted him. We also visited the Nobel Prize Museum and it was great!