We met Gary and Betty for breakfast and then Pete and I decided to walk to the Lutheran Rock Church which was designed by architects and brothers Timo and Tuomo. This church officially opened in 1969. Excavated directly into solid rock, the Temppeliaukio church is situated in the heart of Helsinki, at the end of Fredrikinkatu. The church hall is covered with a dome, lined with copper and supported on the rock walls by reinforced concrete beams. The interior wal...

After a very long day yesterday and a very noisy hotel (music festival) we surprisingly woke up early full of energy. We bumped into Gary and Betty at breakfast as they had flown in from London the day before. Pete and I walked to the Hop on Hop Off Bus Stop which was only 100 metres from our hotel. Our timetable must have been an old one because we were an hour too early so we decided to follow the tram tracks into the city. We purchased a two day pass includ...