Jack and Katrina's Place

Anna and Hamish's wedding actually took place in the countryiside near the historic town of Porovo, which is about 50 kms east of Helsinki. Porovo is situated at the head of a long inlet that becomes a river which is why the town was established. If you know west Auckland, think about Riverhead, or Warkworth. The morning after the wedding we had a nice walk along the riverfront and lunch on an old Baltic sailing ship. Guy was getting used to Hi-chairs at this point, he was lookinng a lot like his Grandad Pat.

The white steamboat (actually now diesel) in the second photo had just arrived from Helsinki. Later that afternoon it took us back there on a leisurely 4 hour cruise through the endless islands and bays of the Finnish coast.

After lunch Guy was tired and went to sleep in his backpack. We took it off and parked him, still sleeping, next to a bench in this lovely park of green birch trees. The lunch resteraunt sailing ship is permanently moored by the bridge and up on the skyline the cathederal is being restored.