I write to you from the middle of the Baltic Sea.  While I can access the internet, I am unable to add the pictures and make a full blog post so you’ll find out about my adventures so far in Stockholm and Helsinki when I return to land sometime tomorrow.

Here’s a quick preview what you’ll learn in my upcoming posts:

• What I learned about the Swedish navy, and why it made me nervous to get on this boat
• What my cousin Sarah says Swedes think of Norweigans
• Why Finns have rows of hitching posts set up by the sea
• How to keep my grandmother happy for an afternoon in Helsinki
• Another reason why Swedes decided to stop fighting wars and start selling weapons
• The degree to which my uncle overestimated the amount Swedes party on boats during random Monday nights

Now I’m off to aimlessly wander around the boat.  Based on my observations from yesterday, here are some possible activities for tonight:

• Buy things in prices that would be outrageous in Dollars, but are actually in Euros
• Insert Euros into the TakeYourMoney Machine - either Video Poker or Slots style
• Convert Euros into 5.6% alcohol Finnish beer and watch cover bands/bollywood dancing (last night’s activity)
• Watch The Little Mermaid in German with Russian subtitles (I think).
• Try to find the movie theater and watch Indiana Jones (hopefully in English)

Categories: Travel