2nd day: "Is it still long?". Driving southbound from Stockholm. The thingy on the dash is GPS navigator.
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Guys at Malmö. "So this is outseas?"
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Heli Mika and Bruno in Malmö searching for a restaurant.
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Autralian phone.
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Street musicians in Malmö.
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Mighty rider on a marketsquare.
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Michael Jacksonkin likes to climb in to the trees as well.
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Well..
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3rd day: The bridge between Sweden and Denmark.
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After the bridge there was a tunnel. Mika accelerated Sebring into warp speed 4.
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There were little kitties at a gas station in Denmark.
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In the evening we had cold beer in Lubeck.
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A Finnish cell phone store in Lubeck (next to Finnish hamburger joint).
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Like we never left Finland. There were some Finnish artists performing during the same week in Lubeck.
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Very beautifull alley in Lubeck.
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4rd day. Autobahn! Due to light traffic it was possible to drive at 100 mph for long periods of time.
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Target for the day was very beautifull Bamberg...
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...where they make the best smoke beer in the world! This was guys' pilgrimage target #1.
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Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier restaurant.
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And the beer for sale.
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We found a small hotel at the suburbs of Bamberg. Heli catched the hotel cat.
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Super-fluffy beds. They propably use karate to make the pillows look like that.
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5th day. We went to say hi to Bruno's ex-workmate Nina. She lives in at least a century old building which used to be a post office.
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Guys' pilgrimage target #2, Mercedes factory in Stuttgart. You could see hundreds of brand new MBs on the lot waiting for transportation.
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In the headquarters there was some history for display...
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...and some V8 technology...
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...and the future. The steering wheel was replaced with a joystick.
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After some persuading we were allowed to join factory tour which was meant for people aquiring their new MB directly from the factory. "Hey, c'mon, we've got a brand new Chrysler - and it IS Daimler-CHRYSLER, right??". Unfortunately it was not possible to take photos during the tour.
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6. day. The Alps at the border of Austria.
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We discovered an incredible view near Linz.
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The Alps from the same spot.
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Kodak moment.
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There is a restaurant where they serve local beer in coach-driver's glasses.
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Mika have decided to have two.
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"Not for everybody".
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7th day. Juha and Bruno checking out the Donau in Vienna.
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Heli having wine in Vienna.
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The pattern on the church roof was propably chosen to screw the pigeons.
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Mimic entertaining people.
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While a horse carriage ride would have been a romatic experience, we decided to hit the road with Sebring towards Brno in Czech.
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8th day. Finally in our destination at the wedding place in Czech! Chris and fiance's brother Arto at fire.
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Having a sausage. Czech sausage is extreamly fat.
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Juha guarding his beer. Alena the bride grilling her sausage.
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9th day. The wedding church was built in 17th century.
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Catholic interior.
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The padre had more authority than a fistful of politicians. Chris is fine-tuning Bruno the bestman's flower thingy.
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Alena and Markus had each other!
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Back at the hotel where bride and bridegroom arrived with a decent American car :-)
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Oh, they're smiling!
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Their first common problem to solve. They did it well, no pieces were left on the ground.
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Niina ja Jarkko congratulating.
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Traditional meatball soup.
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The string play turned out the be funnier (for the audience) than expected.
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"Put down the camera and give me a hand with this pot!"
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Guys having a drink.
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"Me, me me!!!"
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10th day. A fabulous restaurant in downtown Prague. They have excellent service. Guys had Davidoffs after the meal.
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Prague city museum. We tried to visit it several times but it was always closed or they had a private occasion.
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An example of more recent architecture of Prague.
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Apostle clock. There was a huge crowd in front of it and pickpockets were chasing.
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Towards the Charles Bridge. The small alleys were crowded with tourists.
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The Charles Bridge. We discovered a small idyllic restaurant right next to the bridge.
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A view from the city museum.
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In one shopping mall there was funny scalpture hanging from the sealing.
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And you have to have some good time in Prague.
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13th day. On our way back to Finland, somewhere in Poland. The whole trip looked very much the similar in Via Baltica, so we didn't have too many photos of that.
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14th day. At Tallinn harbor waiting for entering the ship. We drove all they way from Augustinogov, Poland to home in just one day!
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