From my earliest sea voyages, I remember Gibralter and seeing people so close to us on land. I had the same experience in August 1993 when I took an overnight trip by Viking lines from Stockholm to Helsinki through 1000 archipelago. The Finland blue cross flag was flying at the entrance of the gorge into Helsinki at almost an arm's length! Amazing it was.
We arrived at the port in the morning after an overnight voyage. There were so many Conference Halls at the port! There were people in stalls selling their wares including freashly baked homemade Danish scones, fish, veggies etc. The city can be walked around in a day. I went to the post office and sent one postcard to Tina/Tuki/Baba and another to Nowgong (in-laws) as was my usual practice while travelling abroad alone. The high street there was full of famous dress designers. I returned by same ship. It was like a floating city with shops, pubs, pool etc. I hardly slept in my shared bunker where the ladies were busy setting their hair in rollers for the night to look perfect on awakening!
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