Green Foxy's summer 95
2013

Sea cruise to
Vaasa in Finland
Part A

 
2013-08-20. Me on the boat Wasa Express. We made a day trip between Umeå in Sweden and Vaasa in Finland.
2013-08-20. There was fog in the harbour in Umeå.
2013-08-20. Me in the fog on the boat.
2013-08-20. The fog disappeared  from the harbour. Now it's behind the harbour.
2013-08-20. There is a pier with 3 wind turbines. I have been walking there with Ove several times. But you need a car to come there.
2013-08-20. This is a lovely walking path out in the sea.
2013-08-20. The wind turbines  on the pier.
2013-08-20. At the end of the walking path is a red seamark is. We have been by this mark when we walked there.
 
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2013-08-20. From the pier we could see an island and this light house. But this picture is taken from the boat.
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2013-08-20. Another light house.
2013-08-20. The walking path with the wind turbines and the light house.
2013-08-20. The glistening sea.
2013-08-20. We have no archipelago near Umeå.
2013-08-20. Happy me on the boat.
2013-08-20. There are only some small rocks in the sea near Umeå.
2013-08-20. The sun made the see so sparkling.
2013-08-20. I liked it to be on deck and look at the horizon.
2013-08-20. But also here I needed my warm and wind proof clothes. I was the only one who was out.
2013-08-20. I also made a nice walk on the boat.
2013-08-20. The name of the boat.
2013-08-20. Another light house.
2013-08-20. Small clouds over the sea.
2013-08-20. It was fascination to see how the colour of the sea changed every time.
2013-08-20. The sea in silver and blue.
2013-08-20. I was still walking around on deck.
2013-08-20. It was warmer now and some people were sitting on a bench in shelter. But the wind was blowing on the place there I was standing.
2013-08-20. This is a German boat.
2013-08-20. A seamark.
2013-08-20. The white and blue flag is the Finnish flag. The blue flag with the gull is the flag of the boat Wasa Express.
2013-08-20. We were near the Finnish coast.
2013-08-20. A sailing-boat. The green pole at the left is a seamark
2013-08-20. Near Vaasa in Finland is a little archipelago.
2013-08-20. The Germam boat and a seamark.
2013-08-20. Me reflecting in a window on the boat.
2013-08-20. Ove on the boat. It was windy. The wind was blowing insida Oves hood so the hood was looking like a balloon.
2013-08-20. Some pictures of rocks and archipelago near Vaasa.
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2013-08-20. Now we are soon in the harbour in Vaasa.
2013-08-20. The Finish and the Swedish flag.
2013-08-20. Archipelago
2013-08-20. Archipelago
2013-08-20. Archipelago
2013-08-20. Archipelago
2013-08-20. Vaasa.
2013-08-20. Vaasa.
2013-08-20. Archipelago
2013-08-20. This gull is a little blurry. But I want to show it.
2013-08-20. A breakwater.
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2013-08-20. Vaasa.
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2013-08-20. The harbour in Vaasa.
2013-08-20.Soon the boat is with the quay.
2013-08-20. A flying gull.
2013-08-20. Now we were in Finland. We walked from the boat through this gate.
2013-08-20. Ove in Vaasa.
2013-08-20. This sculpture is called "Deep thirst".
2013-08-20. The artist who made the sculpture is Erkki Kannosto.
2013-08-20. They had several of these sculptures in Vaasa.
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2013-08-20. This gull was sitting on the top of a statue.
2013-08-20. There is a very big square in Vaasa. The stores are around the square.
2013-08-20. We came rather late to Vaasa. Later in the afternoon they closed the market stalls.

You need to put your clock one hour forward. There is one hour time difference between Sweden and Finland.

2013-08-20. There were nice trees and bushes and nice places there you could sit and drink coffee.
 
Wilhelmina Schedin 2016-03-13