Well today was not the perfect day I was hoping for to visit Helsinki, Finland! Unfortunately, it rained on and off all day long!! Sometimes hard and sometimes just a drizzle but none the less, my day was not the best but it is ok… I still saw quiet a bit of Helsinki so no problem! It is a smaller downtown compared to Oslo an Stockholm but cute.. the temperature was in the low 50s with a steady drizzle ! It was a raw day!! I did not want to catch a cold so I walked inside a mall a lot... It has been a while since I did that specifically since the time we had Madison mall in Huntsville!!! I even ate lunch in the mall.. I had Japanese food for change!! After that I stopped for what else…. coffee !! I then went to the main train station to check it out. I did manage to take some pictures dogging the rain. In summary Helsinki has a smaller and a cuter downtown .. I just wish the rain did not spoil the day but it is what it is .. I cannot be lucky all the time! The big boat experience was also part of the trip! There was so much room and so many places to eat. I was exploring all the floors and rooms and sometimes I sat in a quiet corner to rest. I can imagine those big cruise ships, someone can get lost in there! Even though there were a lot of people in the waiting room at the beginning, they all vanished in the ship !
Ok now here is a time where I make a big adjustment to my trips, today is that day, given the experience of the day in Helsinki, i.e rain, I decided to cancel my trip to Riga tomorrow !! It will be raining all day again in Riga, moreover it is not a ship, it is a bus ride and …. It is FOUR hours each way so!! Easy decision I say … no can do !! Staying put in Tallinn and regrouping and getting my energy and sleep back so yeah I will sleep-in tomorrow and after tomorrow !! In any trip, these adjustments are necessary because we start out ambitious and then realize it is too much.. I have seen enough fabulous buildings and streets so far.. I have done such adjustments in the past as well and they always made the vacation better .. Also I have two days to figure out what is next… I actually had to make this change because my body was complaining from lack of sleep and fatigue… the take away is: ambitions should be scaled back at times and listen to our body …
Here are some pics from today … enjoy
