Tag: St Olav Waterway

In the early 1970s, Arthur Frommer published his eponymous travel guide, Europe on $5 a day. Free wheeling American touristsContinue Reading

Today is a big change from yesterday. It’s sunny and warm. How quickly the weather changes on the Baltic Sea.Continue Reading

Lemböte to Mariehamn, 23km I stayed the night in Valentina’s Italian Villa in Lemböte, Lemland. Valentina was charming and theContinue Reading

Kökar to Lemböte, 23km The owner of the campsite gave me a lift to the ferry at 6am so IContinue Reading

Rest Day I’m roughly in the middle of the archipelago so it was a good idea to stay two nightsContinue Reading

Korpo to Kökar, 4km After a lazy morning exploring Korpo “town” (essentially, the church), I said goodbye to Finland andContinue Reading

Nagu to Korpo, 22Km Today’s walk took me across Nagu and Korpo islands and I took my third ferry betweenContinue Reading

Pensar to Nagu, 20Km It was an 8:30 ferry this morning from Pensar to Kirjais. Breakfast was very good butContinue Reading

Turku to Kirjala, 25 km It would have been better to have walked a few more kilometres to Pargas whichContinue Reading

Turku This year I’m making a Scandinavian pilgrimage, starting here in Finland then passing through Åland, Sweden. Denmark and ultimatelyContinue Reading