Lighthouse about an hour or 2 outside Stockholm |
Tower and little lighthouse outside Stockholm early AM |
Martinis bar. Don't drink much, but if I did, I'd be here! Very cool. |
Somewhere between Helsinki & Stockholm! |
HELSINKI: Sailors that got off other Suomenlinna ferry - wondered where they were going. |
Lamps in station |
Train station lamps & scrollwork |
Colorful house on Suomenlinna |
Harmaja lighthouse with big ferry (taken from Suomenlinna; there's a pilot station on island too) |
Lightship! |
Tiny lighthouse in Helsinki harbor |
Helsinki ferries & Nautica (the smaller ships always get the best dock location!!) |
Visby had its rams and Helsinki had its turtles! |
Fort |
ST. PETERSBURG: Departing (sigh!) |
Lighthouse in middle of water on way from Peterhof to Hermitage on hydrofoil |
One of 2 Rostral Columns - technically a lighthouse! |
Subway lamp in one of the stations |
Part of portrait wall in Winter Palace |
Tunnel about an hour out of SP, port side. Also a big water gate there, too, I was told. |
Howard's great "Endless Hermitage" shot. |
Triton in Peterhof Gardens |
Hermitage - a Michaelangelo |
Crypt at Peter & Paul Cathedral |
Taken from our boat trip down 3 rivers |
One of 2 on Neva embankment (photo stop) |
Hermitage or Winter Palace (part) shot from window |
Church on Spilled Blood |
Howard noticed the Mint museum/shop at Peter & Paul Fortress! |
St. Issac's cathedral. His statue was in the square. |
Outside St. Catherine's Palace |
Taken from boat trip |
Catherine's Palace - detail |
Fort by tunnel outside St. Petersburg |
Hermitage or Winter Palace ceiling |
TALLINN: Water spout |
Should have rented segways with Howard - not too expensive & he would have loved it |
Luhike jalg |
Detail on Nevsky Cathedral |
Coins for sale 3.5 euro |
Nevsky from around in back |
"Boot" found around Raek Plats |
Archery lessons/contest on Toompea Hill |
Tombstones from Dominican monastery 14-15C |
Pikk jalg up to Toompea. Note to self: Next time get down & shot up! |
Another view while walking on wall at Hellemann Tower |
One gorgeous cupola |
Admission stickers for Fat Margaret or Kiek in de Kok (saw in Visby too!) |
Viru Gate |
View from Hellemann Tower |
Jumble of roofs seen from Hellemann |
The gate on Stenbock House |
Clock on side of building (Town Hall? PuhaVaimu kirik? I forget!) |
Tallink ferry. Ferries were everywhere in the Baltic - a vital means of transportation! |
Reflection of church |
RIGA: Top dressing |
Along Elizabetes, close to where we docked |
Riga terminal |
Freedom Monument (Milda) |
Latvian riflemen - 3/4 of statue! |
Opera |
Howard coming up stairs on Marina |
Centraltirgus, where I had to pay for toilet & grab tissue fr wall dispenser at entrance |
Daymarker (saw a lot of these in various ports) |
Music Academy |
VISBY: mailbox |
Sign for Howard |
Wooden and stone houses |
Walls outside Norderport |
Walls outside Dalmansporten |
Statue at one of the ruins |
Detail of area near park |
St. Mary's |
St. Mary's and alleys from wall in Klinten |
St. Karin ruins |
Outside the walls - bike rider was near by |
Osterport |
Norderport? |
Norderport? |
Looking up wall, Klinten |
Small firehouse |
Klinten, Norra Murgatan looking south |
Fornsal museum stickers -saw in Tallinn too |
Dalmansporten |
Church ruin - St. Clemens |
Nicholai ruins, I think |
Truckful of rams |
Oceania's tender plus a Gotland ferry |
Tiny house in shadow of wall |
Ruins |
St. Gertrude (think) with Nicholai - taken from above St. Mary's |
GDANSK: Galeon detail (Lew or Perla) |
New barracks, Westerplatte |
Town Hall |
Tower |
Spichrze across bridge |
Spichrze |
Royal Route |
Royal Route |
Westerplatte |
Royal Route |
Prison Tower |
Pirate ship docked beside Zegluga boats |
Facades |
Crane & pirate ship & waterfront work boat |
Brown house detail (near Green Gate) |
Brama Wyzynna |
Wisloujscie fort seen from Zegluga |
ROENNE/BORNHOLM: Svaneke ceramics factory/typical houses |
Round church - other building |
Sweet upgrade we got - no more turning on the TV to see where we were! |
Ronne lighthouse from Marina |
Ronne Europcar - Toyota Yarus (Urus?) |
Shot through Marina window - view of Ronne ferries |
The Marina docked in Ronne 4PM |
Allinge restaurant |
Allinge church angel lady |
Another windmill |
Had a little trouble finding it, but: Svaneke lighthouse (Sandkas odde). Locals were swimming there. |
BERLIN: outside Reichstag |
Warnemuende sunset on beach |
View from Reichstag dome (Berlin dome) |
Reichstag |
Reichstag |
Reichstag open top |
Oceania and RE train -dusk - Warnemuende |
Warnemuende - MS Marina in marina with boats, 8 PM |
Sand sculpture in Warnemuende near dock |
Marina staircase rails |
View from veranda - 7AM in Warnemuende |
Marina lights |
Marina at Warnemuende |
Howard with Mercedes Warnemuende |
Brandenburg Gate |
COPENHAGEN: Sandcastles seen from water bus |
Trekoner fort and its lighthouse 7pm from veranda |
Light rain at Tivoli brought a rainbow |
Kastellet - afternoon |
Costa ship & wind turbines |
Botanical Gardens |
Kobenhavn Central Station |
Entrance to Kastellet |