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    Malesian group in nuuksio

    I was lucky enough to be the gude for one Malesian traveller group in Helsinki.
    ​They wanted to go to Nuuksio, but as it was midsummer, I had to tell them that all services, including the restaurant in Haltia would be closed. So I proposed them that we go to Salmi area.

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    Our bus driver was a member of Etelälahti caravan area club, so we drove there and had a nice walk in the Northern Nuuksio park.
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    Team leader in Pikku-Parikas lake
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    Summer tour to tallinn

    Summer 2023 had better travelling opportunities and gave also more guided tour opportunities after the Covid 19 pandemic.
    We had travelers from several areas of USA, and mostly often the weather was also brilliant.
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    Old houses in Tallinn's evening
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    Medieval old town walls and guarding towers
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    Town wal gate beside "Fat Margaret"-tower
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    During the soviet occupation many Estonians were arrested by the soviet secret police KGB and disappeared. Tallinn has a special museum to remind people of the russian way of security
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    During one tour to Tallinn we were lucky to meet local old church Pyha Vaimu (Holy Ghost / Spirit) priest and also one of the bishops from Finland, mr. Matti Repo (brother of the author, by the way...)
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    There is always room for a good beefsteak!
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    Kruunuhaka tour in helsinki

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    Russian emperor Aleksander 1st has incorrectly been marked here to 100 years wrong year - writer is a Helsinki Guide...
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    Oikokatu in Kruununhaka area
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    I have seen the writing on the wall
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    This Jugend style house in Helsinki was a site where secret jaegers were collected and guided to Germany to get military education
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    Maurinkatu 4 street gate has a nice story - the name of the building is not Suomela!