Two and a half weeks around the Baltic in August 2019. Reykjavík first, then a long week in Sweden, a few days in Tallinn, and one last stop in Helsinki before the flight home.
Imported from Cheryl’s Tripcast, grouped by day. Photos from her original archive where available, otherwise from the Tripcast export.
day by day Timeline
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Reykjavík
Northern Europe 2019, day 1: Reykjavík
Ack! I meant “clothes” instead of “close”! I am unable to edit once I post so I apologize for any future misspellings.
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Reykjavík
Northern Europe 2019, day 2: Reykjavík (day)
Mom—Anna smuggled the dog stuffy in her suitcase! It’s one of those IKEA dogs 🐶 .
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Reykjavík
Northern Europe 2019, day 2: Reykjavík (evening)
It was fine but I’m not a beer aficionado. I had a Swedish beer tonight that I liked much better.
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Northern Europe 2019, day 3
Our first stop was at a geothermal power station, but we found out they weren’t giving tours that day. Casey had another one on his list, so we weren’t too distressed. Iceland is a huge producer of n
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Reykjavík
Northern Europe 2019, day 4: Reykjavík
Wednesday morning: Getting ready to leave Iceland and saying “goodbye” to Hafnarfjordur.
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Stockholm
Northern Europe 2019, day 5: Stockholm
On Thursday morning, the first order of business was to get coffee. We went over to the nearby shopping mall (think Lloyd Center) and I passed by this on the way. It reminded me of some stone animal s
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Stockholm
Northern Europe 2019, day 6: Stockholm (day)
Our first stop was the island of Kymmendö, which took about three hours. On the way, we passed by many scenic shorelines with old (from the 1850’s) and newer homes.
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Stockholm
Northern Europe 2019, day 6: Stockholm (evening)
Next stop: Sandhamn, where the “jet set” vacation (at least, according to the boat’s tour guide). I didn’t know this, but there’s a series of books set in Sandhamn called The Sandhamn Murders. I’ll ha
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Stockholm
Northern Europe 2019, day 7: Stockholm
We had lunch at the vegetarian restaurant in the museum. This is carrot “pasta” with hazelnuts and brown butter. It was surprisingly filling.
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Uppsala
Northern Europe 2019, day 8: Uppsala
On Sunday we took the train to Uppsala, which is about 30 minutes (by train) north of Stockholm. It’s a city that’s been described as the Oxford of Sweden; there’s a university, cathedral, and lots of
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Uppsala
Northern Europe 2019, day 9: Uppsala
The next day we laced up our walking shoes and headed out for some sight seeing. Like many college towns, this one has its share of bikes.
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Stockholm
Northern Europe 2019, day 10: Stockholm
Tuesday, August 13th: We headed back to Stockholm to catch our overnight ferry to Estonia. Anna’s waiting patiently while we “get organized” at Stockholm Central.
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Tallinn
Northern Europe 2019, day 11: Tallinn
We made it to Estonia! Our ferry got in around 10:00am on Wednesday, so we had a few hours to kill before our flat was ready.
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Tallinn
Northern Europe 2019, day 12: Tallinn
Thursday morning—back to Kompressor for breakfast. It was even busier than the day before; we were lucky to get a table. Anna had the strawberry jam pancakes, I had blueberry and quark, and Casey had
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Tallinn
Northern Europe 2019, day 13: Tallinn
Friday the 16th: We took a ferry to Helsinki for the final city of our trip. The ride was fairly short—just about 2.5 hours. It was quite a madhouse getting on board; lots of people trying to get on a
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Helsinki
Northern Europe 2019, day 14: Helsinki
We are at the airport now in the Finnair lounge. Our flight leaves at 7:45 am, and we have several connections to make.