Finland!

 Visited Helsinki, Finland and really loved the experience

Imagine the entire population of Finland is equal to people living in Nairobi metropolis - that's just about 5.5m!

The ride from airport to the hotel one sees lots of trees and google says that Finland is 70% covered by woodlands.....imagine that!

The hotel we stayed in was walking distance to various places - so the daily walk was very welcome -I think I logged it at least 5km daily (thank God I carried my faithful sneakers...at the very last minute). The buildings are a mixture of old types and modern & very artistic designs..quite something!

It helped that its summer so sun sets around 10pm and so one has lots of time to walk around before dark - however, this is something that needs some quite getting used to - that you can actually be prepping for bed and outside is bright!

The final day was dinner on a cruise boat that was both idyllic and scenic...loved it!

Though I didn't manage to get to a sauna (which am told is a loved pastime for Finnish people)...there is always a next time :)

side note....Finnair got delayed on the return leg and we ended up in a hotel in the sweltering heat of Doha!

Else...Kiitos (asante)!