2. Capital was Turku Sibelius and Finlandia

3. Facts Female President Parliament, Unicameral Finnish, Swedish, Sami languages Finno-Ugric (like Hungary and Estonia) Swedish, then Russian dominion until 1917

4. Itinerary Left from BWI via Chicago to Stockholm to Helsinki (missed flight in Stockholm, took next one (Tues. to Wed) Jet lag, post office, and grocery story,dinner with Deb’s friend, Leslie (Wed) Walked around waterfront, market square, boat to Suomenlinna fortress. (Thurs) Car ride to Hvittrask, Gallen- Kallela, medieval church and cemetary in Espoo,caféand along Embassy row and the waterfronts. Places to wash rugs. (Fri)

5. Itinerary continued Walked across to Orthodox Church (Uspenski) Walked to the National Church of Finland (Lutheran) National Library of Finland, part Of Helsinki University Shopped, Stockmann’s Dinner at Zetor (funky Finnish Restaurant), had reindeer, and Finnish hash. Music in arcade Atheneum (National Art Museum) Kalevala

7. Design Museum Riija Rugs, TextileArts Today

8. Itinerary continued Moomin Johansen’s children’s books bought at airport

9. View outside apartment

10. Restaurant ship outside of apt.

11. Front of Train Station

12. Central Train Station

13. View of train station with Deb

14. Central Train Station

15. Czech Restaurant

17. Cathedral Lutheran Church

18. Table for kids in mall

19. Courtney viewing books at Hvittrask –E. Saarinen’s home and studio

20. More viewing of books

21. View out of window at Hvittrask

22. With Leslie at Hvittrask

23. With Leslie at Hvittrask

24. Outside of shop at Hvittrask

25. Medieval Church at

26. Heikki and Courtney in front of Medieval Church

27. Interior of church

28. One of the devils in the church

29. Gallen - Kallela’shome

30. Gallen - Kallela’s home

31. President’s (she) palace in Helsinki

32. Courtney in front of President’s palace

33. Deb in front of President’s Palace

34. Swan and babes on bridge going to Seurosaari

35. Seurasaaripeninsula Open Air Museum

36. SeurasaariOpen Air Museum

37. Deb in front of

38. Mail box

39. Bonfire for the Summer Soltice

40. Bonfire

41. Bonfire

42. Bonfires elseswhere

43. Courtney and bonfire

44. Deb and bonfires

45. Courtney and bonfire

46. Dancers at Solstice

47. Dancers at Solstice

48. Fencesat Seurasaari

49. Courtney seated at dusk (11 PM!) at Seurasaari

50. Deb on walkway

51. Art in metro

52. Art in Metro

53. Sculpture and Courtney

54. Library

55. Courtney and Decoration

56. Deb and Door

57. Deb and Decoration

58. Decoration

59. Tram

60. Courtney with I guy

61. Stockmann Dept. Store

62. Three nude ironworkers

63. tram

64. Musicians in metro

65. tram

66. Olympic Station from the 30’s

81. Sycamore

83. Natural History Museum

87. Looking out from the Church of the Rock

92. Sculpture

94. Architecture

96. Zetor

97. Zetor

98. Giraffe

99. Persian Ass

100. Bird symbol

101. Camel

102. Alexander Statue

103. Trams

104. Trams in front of historic house

105. Tram on square

106. Tram on square

107. Heikki with Estonian flag

108. Stalward Gull

109. Stalwart Gull

110. Stalwart Gull

113. One of gates into Tallinn

116. Bicycle for 6

117. Church Service with TVs

118. Church Service

120. Gas Masks from War

121. Walking up to upper level

123. AlexanderNevskyCathedral

124. Detail Byzantine Church

126. President’s House

128. Art Academy

130. Tallinn –Member of Hanseatic Leaque

131. Tallinn

132. Tallinn

133. Tallinn

134. View from upper level Tallinn –Toompea Hill

135. View from upper level Tallinn

136. Gates in Tallinn

137. Courtyard

138. Lutheran Dome Church

139. Tallinn Transportation

140. Old City Hall

141. Square

142. Square

143. Square

144. Square

145. Square

146. Square

147. People sitting on roof

148. Handicrafts

149. Modern Tallinn

150. Russian building

151. Church in Tallinn

152. Window design

153. Wonderful old church

154. Cruise ships in Tallinn

155. Modern building

156. Ship terminal

158. Buses from every nation

159. All the taxis

163. Indoor Market

164. Food

165. Food

166. Food

167. Food

168. Food

169. Food

170. Tourist Bureau

171. Statue

172. Store with sheep

173. European Union

174. Marimekko

175. Designer’s Hotel

176. Karelian Island Costume in Livonia Jewelry Store

177. More costumes

178. Jewelrymodelled after finds

181. Dress shop

183. Treasures ofWasteland

184. Their displays

186. Design Forum Finland exhibit on Luxury

187. From recycled…

192. Student’s workshop Helsinki has most famous design school

196. Design Forumshop

197. St. John’s Church

198. Design Museum

214. Riiya Workshop

217. History of Riiya rugs

219. Esplanade Park Lilacs everywhere

222. Maiden of Helsinki

223. Armory Guard

224. My shower stall

225. My shower stall

226. Kirby

227. Brutus

228. Brutus

229. Sauna

230. Bathroom

231. Barthroom with birch twitches

232. At night looking out of apt toward Orthodox church

233. Outside apartment at night

234. In evening

235. In evening

236. In evening

237. In evening

238. Outside apartment at night