Helsinki

So much ice

During our second week in Tallinn we decided to visit another country for the day (cause we can).

Helsinki was our destination on a crisp day. It was a two hour journey on a pimp ferry fitted with a shopping centre, bars, pokies and a even dance floor! We were the first trip over for the day so the ferry got to break through the ice that set over the sea the previous night. 

Awesome icy sea

Massive sheets of ice breaking apart and sliding over one another as far as the eye could 'see' (haha pun intended).

Traveling further north of course the weather didn't do us any favours, with chilly wind cutting through us all day while we walked around.

We visited some cathedrals, an indoor market (the outdoor one was closed for winter), lots of shopping centres, second hand stores with funky clothes, couple of bars and a cool church built into a rock face. We finished our day eating kebabs before our night ferry home because everything else was too expensive.

Uspenski Cathedral

Temppeliaukio Church

Leah slipped on the ice.... again :(

Huge organ in the Helsinki Cathedral 

I'm gunna pop some tags, only got 20 euro in my pocket. Rip off!

 Freezing in Esplanadi park

 Overall, our impressions of Helsinki was that it would be a beautiful city in summer but in the cold winter there wasn't all that much to see or do, especially on our budget since everything is pretty expensive compared to Estonia. A day was definitely enough to see the sights. But it was good to go to another country, hear another language and we can now give some advise guests at our hostel looking to go to Helsinki.