Sydney Opera House

Sydney Opera House photographed midoctober 2022 .

At the gates of medieval Tallinn

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At the gates to the medieval town of Tallinn in Estonia in september 2023 when I visited Tallinn with my daughter last year.  The medieval town of Tallinn in Estonia is  an UNESCO World Heritage Site .

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Tallinn

In the beginning of September 2023 we took the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn to walk on the medieval streets. Tallinn in Estonia is a Unesco World Heritage Site. On Toompea Hill we saw an orthodox cathedral, the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, It was built in 1894–1900, when Estonia was a part of the Russian Empire.

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St. Mary’s Cathedral, Tallinn

In the beginning of September 2023 we took the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn to walk on the medieval streets. Tallinn in Estonia is a Unesco World Heritage Site. On  Toompea Hill we saw  St. Mary’s Cathedral , that was originally established by Danes in the 13th century.  It is the oldest church in Tallinn and mainland Estonia and is  the only building in Toompea which survived a 17th-century fire.

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A view of Tallinn

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A view of Tallinn in Estonia in the beginning of september 2023.  The medieval town of Tallinn in Estonia is  an UNESCO World Heritage Site . We went around on the medieval streets on Toompea and looked at the old buildings.

Vesijohto = waterpipe sign on Sveaborg – Suomenlinna in Helsinki

Sometimes you see something that makes you curious. I took this picture of a sign by the quayside on Sveaborg, Vesijohto means waterpipe and I suppose this information could be good to get for someone. Sveaborg is a sea fortress whose construction started in 1748 by Augustin Ehrensvärd who was a Swedish military officer and an architect. Finland was a part of Sweden until 1809 when Finland was occupied by Russia. Sveaborg means “fortress of Svea”. The name “Svea” is female and a symbol for Sweden. Finland became a sovereign state in 1917 and the fortress was renamed Suomenlinna – “castle of Finland”. Sveaborg – Suomenlinna is a UNESCO world Heritage site. More about Sveaborg – Suomenlinna at wikipedia.

The picture is taken in august 2017,

To the memory of my husband who shared the journey to Finland with me.

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Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge

Sydney Opera House and a piece of Sydney Harbour Bridge photographed midoctober 2022 from Rocks.

Roman causeway across the vallum

We went to England in 2017 to explore Hadrian´s wall in Northumbria in England. This is Benwell Vallum Crossing at Newcastle upon Tyne in northeastern England. The vallum was at the border between the Roman empire and the lands to the north. The wall was built by the Romans in the second decade AC. The picture is taken april 2017.

More information about the crossing can be found on English Heritage.

To the memory of my husband who shared the journey to England in the spring of 2017.

Sydney Opera House

Sydney Opera House photographed midoctober 2022 from Rocks. To the left in the picture is one of the ferries that depart and arrive at Circular Quay.

The Tower moat

The Moat by the Tower photographed in April  2014.