Ferry from Turku to Stockholm

I messed up. I thought we were to get the ferry from Vassa to Stockholm but it actually leaves from Turku.  We got up the next morning and left around 8:30~9:00.  It was a wet miserable day, and I'm glad we decided to go straight to Turku without stops other than for charging.  When we arrived, I headed right to the pier to find my way.  We wanted to visit other puzzlers, but with the construction going on, it was quite confusing.  We arrived around 4, but it took us a good 2 hours to find where to drive the car onto the ship.  

When we got there, we decided to wait it out rather than leave again.  One joy of the Tesla is the movie screen. Usually when we charge we have lunch and watch a movie.  This was no exception.  We had an hour wait before loading so we turned on Netflix and got in another episode of the Diplomat.

At 6:45 we started to board.  Now this was odd, I was first in line, but almost one of the last to board.  Didn't matter, it was a very fast process and before we knew it we were in the bowels of the ship.

We rented a cabin on board to sleep overnight and it was really rather nice. There was a shower and bathroom, comfortable double bed and a rather large window.  Not that we could see much as it was dark.

We decided to have dinner onboard and lobster it was.  Delicious!  After dinner, we headed straight up to the room where we both passed out almost immediately.  At 5 am our alarm went off and we headed down for breakfast.  This is only mentioned because they had an ice cream section for breakfast! 

At 5:55 we headed down to the car to get ready to head out for our next days travel.  We only drove until 3:00 as I was exhausted.  We stayed at a Best Western somewhere in Sweden, had a bit of dinner, charged the car and carried on to Copenhagen the next morning. 

Vassa part 2

 After a good nights sleep, we went to work with Tomas.  He is a woodworking instructor at a local community place. I'm being vague because I honestly don't remember the name of the place.  We went in and George participated in a wood working lesson. I went to mail a few more packages, and buy some gloves because I stupidly sent them back to Panicale.  Before I left though, I took loads of photos of man tools! (Another Heavy Photo post)

That is a lot of man tools! This place is incredibly clean too.  I mean, there is dust and all, but for the number of people inside working, I was surprised.  

I took off for a few hours and did all the boring stuff while George had fun.  Around 12:30 I returned and managed to snap a few photos of George working on a few puzzles. 

Safety first!

After our day in the shop, we headed out for lunch then while George took his nap, Tomas and I went back to the shop for more...well...shopping.  He mailed out 2 boxes for me, and our camping days officially ended.  He very kindly gifted us a large Hanayama wooden display that takes up half the car and I purchased a rather large puzzle set from him.  It's ok.  It is starting to be rainy here in Europe now, and that is not a fun way to camp.

We had a nice dinner out with Tomas and his wife and retired after I got a chance to play with his host gift from IPP25.  

The next morning we woke early and headed for Sweden.  But more on that later.   It has been a great trip and I look forward to returning in June for the Finnish Puzzle Party.