day 20: leaving stockholm, on the ferry to helsinki
we got up at about 09:00 today and had breakfast with hana, her mother, and the children. then we packed our stuff, prepared the camper, and left our "camping ground". at slussen there's a big ferry harbour for the viking line ferries. one of them, namely "mariella" was our ferry. so we checked in after our last few hours in stockholm city. the ferry itself is pretty big. there are (at least) eight floors, a huge park deck for truckers, campers, cars, and motorcycles. to find the deck your vehicle has been parked they used animals, beside a letter. i guess this is that children and analphabets can find it too. what a coincidence, our animal is a moose! additionally there's a duty free shop. zombiequeen tried some wine and cheese they offer here (of course without being anything afterwards). we are steering along some coast for at least four hours now, and we're still not on the open sea, instead the course is along the archipelago islands. we wonder when we will finally end up on the open sea. for passengers' delight they play some songs on deck. and they played celine dion's "my heart will go on" twice! yes, they dare to play the titanic soundtrack here on the ferry. we really feel better now. well, maybe we don't get the scandinavian humour. if you read this blog entry, we survived (though with surely having a severe celion dion trauma). our cabin is small, but ok. there's even a shower and a toilet included. it's now 21:02 and we have passed the last lighthouse, and are now on the open sea.
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