This Christmas we got a gift of tickets to a cruise to Sweden. Last week, I went along with my siblings. We took a bus from Hämeenlinna straight to viking line’s Katajanokka’s terminal.

After dropping my baggage in cabin, I headed for the deck to click some pictures of the freezing sea.

In these pics you can see the evening shoreline of Helsinki and the two famous churches.

Upon returning inside the ship, I took more pictures of different levels of deck.

These Photographs are of people who had come to visit Helsinki and were now going back to Sweden on the ship with us.

The cruise arrived in Stockholm after a sail of appx 16 hours, around 10 a.m. local time.

Many Swans gathered around the shoreline in Stockholm.

We went on to explore the old town area called Gamla Stan in Stockholm. The town dates back to the 13th century, and consists of medieval alleyways,cobbled streets, and archaic architecture. North German architecture has had a strong influence in the Old Town’s construction.

And same evening we took return cruise back home. Clicked the Parliament House after arriving in Helsinki. I had hoped the sky to be clear for better pictures but for this time, this has to do.