Baltic Cruise - 2011 July

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Warnemünde

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The Kurhaus, ie. spa. Built in 1928 in the New Objectivity style

Approaching Turku

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Turku

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Old tram in Kauppatori square. History of the tram routes

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J C Decaux get everywhere

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Swedish Theatre

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House in Aurakatu

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Old Bank pub Aurakatu near Linnankatu

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Looking up Aurakatu towards the art museum

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from Uransilta (bridge) looking downstream

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from Uransilta looking upstream

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Vartiovuorenkatu directly opposite the Consulate - brilliant aerial photos better than Google

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LuostarinmÃ¤ki Handicrafts Museum

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The Russian Consulate

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Tuomiokirkko from the Observatory

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Corner of HÃ¤meenkatu and Uudenmaankatu

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Tuomiokirkkosilta (bridge) over the Aurajoki (river)

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Continuing the river walk

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Looking across the river and up Kaupiaskatu

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Looking up river towards Auransilta

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Teatterisilta - Theatre footbridge

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Myllysilta. The original bridge sagged alarmingly on 2010 March 6. The decision was taken to demolish and rebuild.

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These two figures only 30cm high sit on the gunwale of a restaurant boat moored beside Läntinen Rantakatu near Föri

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The free passenger ferry, imaginatively called Föri. I could not see the means of propulsion but I assume it uses submerged chains

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Ventilators for the district heating scheme. Presumably to let off steam if pressure builds up for some reason

Segyn

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The last remaining wooden three-masted barque in the world

Leaving Turku

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Gulf of Finland

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Porvoo

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Helsinki

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Variotram

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The Variotram article in Wikipedia describes the problems they had in Helsinki with these trams. A few months after I saw this tram, the same make turned up in Croydon.

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I was reminded of these giants when I visited Washington, DC Union Station.

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Leaving Helsinki

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Sunset in the Gulf of Finland

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Saint Petersburg

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Hydrofoil to Peterhof

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Peterhof

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Called the Sea Canal, this looks like a lock with recesses for the gates

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I think these were actors playing Grigori Rasputin and Alexandra Feodorovna Romanova but they were just sitting in a corner rather than putting themselves about to be photographed

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The Adam fountain - I wonder where Eve learned hairdressing!

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Mon Plesir Pavilion

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They have dismantled socialism but the squirrels are still red

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Returning to Saint Petersburg

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Saint Petersburg

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Sudden rainstorm

MS Braemar

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Russian entertainers

Saint Petersburg from the ship

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Saint Petersburg - coach trip to Zelenogorsk

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Saint Petersburg - Roger goes off on his own without a visa

In Finland we were free to leave the ship as we wished. In København ditto and we were advised to leave our passports on the ship for fear of pickpockets. ...

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The sign says STOP but in Cyrillic letters

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In winter the snow ploughs are out promptly. In summer the water carts ditto.

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See Segway in centre of previous image. The only other time I have seen a Segway recently, albeit in a photo, was this also in Eastern Europe. Subsequently I saw them outside the White House.