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Cruise to Sweden
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.
New Member of Swan Family, Aulanko Pond, Finland
On 13.07.2012 after reading in news that the Swan couple in Aulanko Pond, Finland had given birth to a Cygnet for the second time in history, we decided to go and see if we’d be lucky to get a glimpse of the new member in Swan family!
When we reached the Pond, the sky was cloudy and we could not see the Swans.
But slowly the clouds started withdrawing and sky became clear.
From distance, we could see one swan sitting on the curb of pathway.
The Swan was evidently unaffected by our presence!
We searched all sides of the Pond for the Cygnet.
We decided to go to other side of the pond to see see if we could find the cygnet there.
We were about to give up, when the Cygnet appeared on the other side and we rushed back there to film it.
The baby swan can be seen mostly tagging along his mother.
The beautiful Swan family in a beautiful blue heart.
The Cygnet is again tagging along his mother on right side.
Swans and their cygnet + Ducks and Seagulls
In the video you can see the Swan trying to prevent the Duck from entering the pond, and a tag game between a golden eyed Duck and a Mallard. If you are only interested to see the baby swan, you may forward the first 6-7 minutes of the video. Filmed on 13.07.2012
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