 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 |