Crested grebe

Jo and Alph suggested a walk to see Sibelius before the bus loads of Chinese tourists arrived, but we - Mr C and I - were a bit late getting going, so by the time we got out the bus parties were running about.. So we walked to the cafe for coffee, then continued back by nesting birds and a beach where J and I paddled.

After a bit of snackage had we said goodbye to our lovely hosts and got the tram to the station, from where we could walk with our cases to Hotel Arthur. (Jo and Alph were getting a bus to the airport later in the afternoon.).

The hotel was by a park so we had a walk by more water to the Blue cafe. The sun was lovely, about 27 degrees as we strolled along.

It doesn’t seem possible the trip is almost over - I’m so glad we came to Helsinki for the end, as not only was it lovely to spent time with Jo and Alph, but also, it was a chilled and relaxed way to unwind after Russia