Monday 10th. We left Karvia in the morning and my mother drove us to Tampere. But first we made stops at my sister’s flower nursery again and then we also visited Jämi, a (nature) activity centre in Jämijärvi.
In Tampere we quickly had dinner at a Chinese restaurant before hopping on the train to Helsinki, Juho came to see us off.
We got to Helsinki in the evening and met up with Laura. :) We took our stuff to her place and then explored some areas of the city before heading to bed. We had so much fun at one little playground, oh lord. :D

Tuesday 11th. Laura came to escort us to the harbour in the morning and Maxime and I got on the boat to Tallinn. We had about seven hours to spend in the Estonian capital city and we used those hours very well. We explored the old town thoroughly and saw many wonderful places, houses, towers and things. Our day in Tallinn was a really good one, we had very nice weather as well.
In the evening we got back to Helsinki.

Wednesday 12th. This was Laura’s day, but since the weather wasn’t very nice, we decided to start our activities later. So we got to sleep late, after which we made our way to the Finnish national museum. That place was very interesting, I hadn’t been there before. :) After some hours in the museum we headed to the centre of the city, visited one mall, had dinner at a restaurant, visited Laura’s work place and explored new areas. In the evening we went to the movies (Brüno) and after that we walked back to Laura’s place, Maxime sprinting like a half a kilometre ahead of us.

Thursday 13th. Sanna’s day in Helsinki, she met up with us around noon and we went to see the big tourist attractions that we couldn’t see the previous day with Laura because of the bad weather. After eyeing the places around Senaatintori and Kauppatori, we took a ferry to Suomenlinna. Suomenlinna is an old fortification on a little island on the coast and it’s a World Heritage Site. I hadn’t been there before and I truly enjoyed the place, as did Maxime. We walked around, found more cannons, explored tunnels and caves, admired the pretty scenery etc. Very impressive place. We happened to have wonderful weather, too.
Once we got back to the mainland we continued to explore some more new areas and we also had a bite to eat in a little sandwich bar. In the evening we said big thanks and bye to Sanna and headed to Laura’s place.
Maxime had a great time in Helsinki, he really loved that city. It was his favorite place. He even bought a “I ♥ Helsinki” T-shirt, heh.