Cruisin'

Finland is covered in lakes and many of them are connected so you can travel hundreds of miles throughout the country in a boat. Sanna and I took an 8 hour boat cruise from Hämeenlinna to Tampere in late June. About half the journey was along a narrow river and the other half was across some large lakes up to 10 miles wide. Here is the boat we were on:

The cruise boats had room for 100 people but for some reason on this day there were less than 10! Sanna and I were happy about that.

I took many pictures of the waterfront cabins and other boats so here are a few of my favorite:

I like this guy's cabin cruiser. I love his hat.

The original pontoon party boat.

This is a sauna barge! You can tow it behind your boat!

Finnish people love saunas and they are often social places where friends get together for evening relaxation or pre-parties.

Some buildings are old. Others are new...

A few of the nice little cabins.

Not the nicest building but check out the dock.

Since Finland has many islands along the coast and in the lakes its common for people to own them. Some crazy people even build summer houses on them!

The bridge on the left went to his second island.

After so much cruising Sanna was tired and took a nap. (She is actually asleep here!)

The end.