Silja Symphony in Stockholm in afternoon light:
Silja Festival bound for Riga:
Dinner in El Capitain on Silja Symphony:
Big tax-free shop:
Coming into Helsinki with evidence from 'the night before' arranged on the window ledge:
Viking XPRS:
Chilled dock workers:
Viking line funnels:
Princess Anastasia:
Belle Epoque Helsinki:
Me with the wonderful architect and interior designer Vuokko Ranin (Laakso), creator of so many outstanding passenger ship interiors in the 1960s-90s period:
Frozen departures from Helsinki:
Kalle made Karelian stew for dinner - and very fine it was too after a day spent mostly out in the cold:
Even Ville the cat was impressed:
Mr Kalle Id, who strangely prefers eating kitchen paper to Karelian stew. Top bloke and everything, but really he does have some odd habits like that.
