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Another view of Lappeenranta
from the old fort |
Lynda doing her thing |
.. and the result. |
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| One of the main reasons we came to this city was its
location on the lake Saimaa. The lake is connected to
many others by canals and there are cruises one can take all
the way to Russia, or even the Baltic Sea. I had thought
of taking a multi-day cruise but, because of the weather,
opted to take a local three-hour canal cruise instead.
We bought a ticket on a Karelia
Lines cruise ship m/s Camilla (right) and boarded at noon
on Saturday, June 4th. |
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| Waving -- a boarding ritual for
tourists :-) |
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We're off!
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Lake Saimaa scenery. |
Approaching a canal. |
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One of the thrills of a canal cruise is going through
locks. Our cruise, being only three hours long, went
through only one lock -- but what a lock it was! The
difference in water levels was almost 40 feet! (More
info about the canal and locks can be found here).
The lock we went through is named "Mälkiä". |
| Approaching the lock. |
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| In the lock, about 10 ft down. |
30 ft down. |
Allthe way down -- and leaving. |
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| Having gone through, we turned around and
went through again. |
Water gushing into the lock (instead of out,
as before). |
 Cruise
finished, wew returned to Lappeenranta and walked around the
city. The photo at left is for the benefit of my climbing
buddy Doug.
After spending the night in a hotel, we took a train to Helsinki
for the overnight train ride to Moscow.
Moscow is next!
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