I'm on my second week of traveling. So far so good. 
Denmark was everything that I could hope for and more. Castles and bikes and everything nice.

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Sweeden was a whirlwind of sight seeing but the weather was good and the city was easy to get around. Then we hopped on a ferry to Finland. 
This country has been a riot. Everyone thinks that I'm Finnish and keeps talking to me in Finnish only to realize their mistake and apologise saying: I thought you were Finnish. Nope.
We took a boat to Tallinn for a day and wandered the old town. Oh and we climbed to the top of the old city hall. Now my left leg is more tired than my right. I guess that's what happens in a spiral staircase. What a great city. 

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From Helsinki we took a night train to Rovaniemi--a town at the Arctic Circle which also happens to be where Santa lives. Santa was good, there were hardly any mosquitos
(we'd been warned about swarms), the sun never really seemed to set and in pursuit of a midnight beer, we got hit on by two different older Finnish men. One couldn't believe we were American and on holiday in Rovaniemi. 

Go figure. 

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We're on to Norway tomorrow.