We arrived in Turku well prepared, thanks to the map Natalie had supplied us with. The hostel we stayed at is located along the river, and we were in walking distance of everything we needed. From the station we walked past a couple of parks and there are trees everywhere. There were orange and yellow leaves all over the ground, and it was the first town we have visited that made us realize it is autumn. Turku is a gorgeous small town, we both wises we had a lit...

Our stay in Helsinki was another short one, as we were only there for one night, so we had to make the most of it. We arrived in from Saint Petersburg early in the morning on the train. It was nice not having to go through security to leave the station after Russia. When we got to our hostel we dumped our bags and we headed out. We walked along and found a small market. We were pretty excited, they had a lot of locals food and produce and also, a lot of fish. L...