Helsinki, Finland, 09-13 August 2006

A few days in Helsinki, Finland.

See also the  flickr set (30 photos).

Being rather claustrophobic, I decided I'd enjoy it from the outside. This is Vesikko

Submarine

 A glimpse on the sea

Suomenlinna

 Flag

Flag

 The fortress of Suomenlinna

Fortress

 Sailing on quicksilver

Sailing

 Sailing on quicksilver

Sailing
Sailing on quicksilver

Sailing

 A sea gull just landed on the water

ricochetting

 A sea gull perched on a rock

perched

 Crowded harbour

crowded

 Crowded harbour

crowded

 Crowded harbour

crowded
Crowded harbour

crowded

 It's the reflections of the boats in the still water that caught my eye. Also the fact that this little harbour was really packed.

Twins reflected

 Fish eye view of a sailboat.

Fish eye

 A rope neatly coiled.

Neat

 A rope neatly coiled.

Neat

 A fish-eye reflection where masts converge.

Fish eye
I found the arrangement of the ropes, the colours as well as the reflections absolutely striking.

Coiled and not ready to strike

 There were beautiful. I spotted them from a distance and zoomed in. I love the position of her body while she's being kissed and the movement of the heavy chains.

Lovers

 Last moments on the island of Suomenlinna, I quickly take a photo of the bikes close to the where the ferry will soon arrive.

Bikes

 Fountain near the market

Fountain

 Kid wrestling one of the seals of the fountain.

Wrestling

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Oops...
kiwi beers

Kiwi beers

 The trip is over, the place just landed in Nice airport.

Back in Nice
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