The ferry pulled into Helsinki about 10am. We took a cab to the hotel, but they didn't have a room ready for us yet. We called Lumi's mother Marjukka on my European cell phone, and arranged to meet them at 5pm. Then we went off on a Helsinki walk that included a lot of shopping time for the kids at an outdoor flea market, a Thai lunch, and coffee and cake at a famous old cafe near the harbor and the city's central park.
A 3pm, when the room was ready, we had a big session of sorting our stuff into three categories, one for Lulu to take, one to leave in storage at the hotel, and one to take to Russia.
Marjukka and Lumi picked us up from the hotel at about 530pm, and took us for a walk along the waterfront, and ice cream. Marjukka showed us a little more of the city by car, and then drove us to a restaurant that she and her husband really like. Then we said goodbye to Lulu and the people who will host her for six nights.
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