on the
last saturday before 2013 the sun was shining in
Helsinki for the first time in more than one month: since we knew it wouldn't last for long we decided to go to
Suomenlinna and it was truly worth it - despite the fact it was
-8°C.
photos of a very wintry Suomenlinna:
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ducks in Tokoinranta:
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✻ Nikon FM - Fuji Superia X-TRA 800
unfortunately we missed the first ferry and once we reached the island with the next one the sun was almost set already - thankfully I still managed to take some photographs before
a thick layer of fog came and covered up everything around us. the day after we met
a numerous group of ducks on the shores of
Tokoinranta: they didn't seem to be scared of us at all.
Beautiful colours - I especially like the last photo of the ducks : )
ReplyDeletethank you! :-) I loved taking photos of those ducks: they seemed to like posing so much!
Deletenon oso immaginare il freddo polare... quindi non mi vedrete di nuovo da quelle parti prima di pasqua :D ma non posso negare che sia davvero affascinante *-*
ReplyDelete<3
potrebbe essere che faccia freddo anche a Pasqua, quindi vieni presto! ;-)
Deletesuomenlinna!! thank you for reminding me such a fairy place.
ReplyDeletei was there in november 2011.. but it looks so different all covered with snow! beautiful.
nice to hear you liked Suomenlinna! it is quite a special place indeed! :-)
DeleteReally beautiful winter pictures!
ReplyDeleteThe second one is my favourite!
thank you, Sirpa! I am glad you like them! :-)
Deletei really love these photos. the warmth of the yellow building against the harsh white from the snow is really beautiful!
ReplyDeleteand wow! that's a whole lot of ducks :)
thank you, dear Joana! I am happy you like these photographs so much! :-)
Deleteoh polly, i like these so much!
ReplyDeletehappy new year, beuty :-)
(beauty)
ReplyDeletethank you, dear Catarina! I am glad you do! :-)
DeleteI hope you had a wonderful start of 2013!
Oooh, the colors are lovely, I like them a lot, but, what a curious place!
ReplyDeleteyeah, during the winter colours get softer, don't they? and Suomenlinna is indeed a very peculiar place!
Delete*Sigh*
ReplyDeletedon't you tell me you miss the snow, the cold and the dark? ;-)
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