Up the river

Helsinki/Porvoo

We checked out of our Helsinki hotel, leaving our luggage in storage, and headed down to the port to catch a boat to Porvoo. The boat was due to leave at 10am and we searched for a coffee but all the cafes we walked past didn’t open until 12 on Sundays, strange!

As the weather was so warm and the port area had been so busy yesterday we were worried that the boat would be very crowded. However that wasn't the case, we had plenty of room and a good view on the three and a half hour trip along the coast past lots of islands, and eventually up the river to Porvoo.

Porvoo was very nice with many cafes and restaurants lining the river. We had lunch by the river then wandered the old town for a while before catching the bus back to Helsinki. 

The bus trip was only 50 minutes but pretty warm without air conditioning, understandable though as it’s not something they would need much in this area.

We collected our luggage from our hotel and caught the train to Helsinki airport where we checked into the airport Hilton for the night, as we had a very early start the next day for our flight to Iceland. Time to put away our shorts and t-shirts, and probably our tans as well!