Helsinki

Today is Tuesday we think. We arrive in Helsinki around 7 am and it is a beautiful sunny morning, although quite cool around 9 degrees. We get up late after a big night last night. After dinner the girls went to look at the shops while John, Ross and I found a nice place to have a drink and listen to some music. Around 10.15 the Beatlemanics start up. They are playing below us on deck 5 in the atrium and we are on deck 7. They are fantastic playing Beatles songs and hair styles to suit. The girls come back and we have a great night with a couple of ports.
We decide to take the hoho bus as it has a stop right outside the ship. We have to wait around 20 mins for the bus to come but we board and are away. We plan to ride it from our stop of 10 to stop 19 (there are a total of 22 stops) so we can see some of the sights before we get off. It is quite cool so we stay downstairs. The traffic is heavy and there are a lot of roadworks being undertaken. After three more stops the bus is full and I mean really full! We debate whether to get off at stop 14 but there are so many people we would have to push through we decide to stay. More people get on, the aisles and stairways are full. We eventually get to our stop after about an hour and force our way off!
We walk to the rock church have a look around and then walk back to the main city area. It is a beautiful area and spend some time there walking around. Luggy has a donut and then Ann and I have a salted licorice ice cream which tempts Luggy and he grabs one also. They are very yummy.

After about an hour and half we head back to the hoho bus stop to head back to the ship. We arrive back at the ship at 2.30 to have lunch. Tonight is a formal night and we have purchased a Wine Cellar event where we have a special meal with matched wines, should be a good night.