Travel All Over The Countryside - Ask the Leyland Brotheeeerrrsssss

The day trip today was to Helsinki and then a little steam train ride would take us out to Porvoo - which is oldest town in Finland.

This is the steam train that we caught.

from this station.....

and we got off at Porvoo Station which is the red brick building that you can see behind Jen in this photo. This is where we all piled back on the bus and then the bus drove to where Jen is standing, then we all piled out again and walked over bridge into the old town of Porvoo. It took us longer to walk back to the bus and pile on that it would have to walk to the town from the train station!

Our tour guide spoke English very well, but paused inbetween every couple of words, so it was very frustrating to listen to..... we were sitting directly behind her in the bus and we had to hold each other's hands down to stop us from smacking the back of her head to get those words out. It made it very hard to stay interested in what she was saying..... but really - she was mainly telling us which faculty of the university was based in each building as we passed through Helsinki, so who cares? Then every now and then you would hear a ".......were very often guests of the King." or "...... had to get out of Russia." That's when Jen and I would look at each other and say "Who?" and then have to shrug. Who knows? It was however lovely to get out of the city and see some of the country side.
We were then taken back into Helsinki to the have look at a few of the sites.

I heart Helsinki..... noice one Jen!