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Europe Trip 2013: Tallinna Teletorn 17 Jun 2013 | 04:23 pm
In addition to Fat Margaret and the other attractions I visited yesterday, I visited the "Tallinna Teletorn", or Tallinn TV Tower. The Teletorn is about 30 minutes on one of the Hop-On Hop-Off bus rou...
Europe Trip 2013: Visiting Tallinn 15 Jun 2013 | 11:53 pm
Two days ago I started looking around Tallinn and took the opportunity to have a quick walk around part of the Old Town centre, then get a Hop-On, Hop-Off bus for a look at the wider city area. I was ...
Europe Trip 2013: Fat Margaret [& the Maritime Museum], St Olavs and the Old Town Centre 15 Jun 2013 | 11:53 pm
I went to see Fat Margaret today. No, I didn't get slapped! "Fat Margaret" is the name of one of the old buildings in the Old Town centre :-) You can see it on the left side of the first picture :-) ...
Europe Trip 2013: Helsinki City 12 Jun 2013 | 12:34 am
Yesterday I visited Helsinki City proper. I had held off until I found out how to get there and back to the hotel, which as it turned out was a simple case of catching a bus from the closest bus stop ...
Europe Trip 2013: Welcome to Vantaa, part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area 10 Jun 2013 | 11:47 pm
Today is my second full day in Vantaa [a city in its own right, and part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area], having arrived two days ago at about 9:30pm from the UK via Copenhagen. I haven't done a hu...
Europe Trip 2013: Last days in the UK [for now] 10 Jun 2013 | 11:47 pm
After my visit to Portsmouth [see previous couple of posts], I had another 3.5 days in the UK before heading off to Finland. Those days were filled up with clay pigeon shooting with my father, lunch w...
Europe Trip 2013: Spinnaker Tower 6 Jun 2013 | 06:36 pm
Just 5 minutes walk from Portsmouth's Historic Dockyard is one of the newer, and most obvious, attractions, the Spinnaker Tower. This tower gives fantastic [although not 360 degree] views of Portsmout...
Europe Trip 2013: Portsmouth Historic Dockyard 6 Jun 2013 | 05:41 pm
I've been in the UK for a few days now [and tomorrow I head off to Finland], but I'm just getting around to putting up a couple of posts about what I've been up to... On 3 June my father and I headed...
Deck done! 1 Mar 2013 | 11:50 am
After only 2 weeks, the deck has been completed. In this photo you will see that the decking has been replaced apart from the top bit, the safety rails have been replaced. It's looking good, and I'm ...
Still renovating 22 Feb 2013 | 01:18 pm
The renovations on the deck are continuing, with good progress being made. I'm really glad that the work has started, as there was a reasonable amount of rotten wood and rusted nails found in some par...
