Arrive in Helsinki

We spend Thursday on board Superfast VII admiring the flat calm Baltic and enjoying Mediterranean weather. Andy read Cormac McCarthy´s The Road - a beautifully written and thought provoking work. We arrived in Helsinki this morning and plan to cycle round the city before catching the Tolstoi sleeper to Moscow tonight.

BY THE WAY - if you wish to sponsor Isla on the cycle back to Edinburgh (see first post), do please send her an email at isla@sweetypops.net saying how much per 100km (we expect to cycle around 1500 - 1600km).