turku
there really isnt too much for me to say about turku. instead of taking the ferry from stockholm to helsinki - which would have been 14 hours or so, i decided instead to head to turku and check for family records there.
i got in at eight in the morning, found a hostel, and headed out to see what i could find. unfortunately, i ended up getting into finland on the weekend, so all official buildings for this type of thing were closed. there was supposed to be one place open where i could find family records, but i walked over and it too was closed.
turku itself was alright, there were some parts of the city i really liked, but most of it was more industrial it seemed. instead of staying the night as i had planned, i checked out of the hostel and headed to helsinki that same day, hoping to have a better chance in the capital of finding records.
