{"id":3445,"date":"2017-09-11T20:48:13","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T18:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/?p=3445"},"modified":"2017-09-11T20:48:13","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T18:48:13","slug":"finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/","title":{"rendered":"Finlande, St-P\u00e9tersbourg et Estonie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nous venons de quitter la\u00a0Su\u00e8de et\u00a0arrivons maintenant aux \u00eeles <strong>\u00c5land<\/strong>, situ\u00e9es entre Stockholm et la c\u00f4te finlandaise.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>We leave <strong>Sweden<\/strong> direction <strong>Finland<\/strong> on Friday August 3rd from <strong>Kapellsk\u00e4r<\/strong> slightly north-east of <strong>Stockholm.<\/strong> <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/iles-aland\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3605\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3605\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Iles-Aland.jpg?resize=584%2C368&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Iles-Aland.jpg?w=735&amp;ssl=1 735w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Iles-Aland.jpg?resize=300%2C189&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Iles-Aland.jpg?resize=624%2C393&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nous nous rendons \u00e0<strong> Kapellsk\u00e4r<\/strong>, lieu de d\u00e9part du ferry pour l\u2019archipel d\u2019<strong>\u00c5land.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Une travers\u00e9e de 2 heures nous am\u00e8ne \u00e0 <strong>Mariehamn<\/strong>, capitale de l\u2019archipel finlandais, compos\u00e9 de <strong>6500 \u00eeles dont 80 sont habit\u00e9es.<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>\u00c5land <\/strong>compte 28&#8217;000 habitants qui parlent non pas le Finlandais mais le <strong>Su\u00e9dois<\/strong>.<br \/>\nD\u00e8s notre arriv\u00e9e, nous nous rendons au camping <strong>Gr\u00f6na Udden<\/strong> de <strong>Mariehamn.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>The Ferry takes only 2 hours to <strong>\u00c5land<\/strong> an island group between Sweden and Finland. \u00c5land belongs to Finland but has a high degree of freedom (a bit like thecFaeroes island in Denmark). It consists of 6500 islands of which 80 are inhabited by 28\u2019000 people. Swedish is the official language here and they have their own flag.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Samedi 5 ao\u00fbt<br \/>\n<\/strong>On se d\u00e9p\u00eache de profiter des quelques rayons de soleil qui nous sont promis aujourd\u2019hui pour aller nous promener jusqu\u2019au quartier maritime o\u00f9 l\u2019on d\u00e9couvre une collection de bateaux anciens, tous rivalisant de beaut\u00e9 avec leurs coques et ponts de bois tr\u00e8s bien entretenus.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Due to the rainy weather we only stay one day where we visit the small <strong>capital Mariehamn<\/strong> and the old <strong>marine quarter<\/strong> with many beautifully restored wooden boats.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/suede-bis-sweden-from-coast-to-coast\/aland-port\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3410\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3410\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Aland-port.jpg?resize=584%2C377&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Aland-port.jpg?w=2482&amp;ssl=1 2482w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Aland-port.jpg?resize=300%2C194&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Aland-port.jpg?resize=768%2C496&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Aland-port.jpg?resize=1024%2C662&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Aland-port.jpg?resize=624%2C403&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Aland-port.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Aland-port.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/1-p1010239\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3448\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3448\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010239.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010239.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010239.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010239.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010239.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dimanche 6 ao\u00fbt<br \/>\n<\/strong>D\u00e9part du camping \u00e0 midi pour rejoindre <strong>L\u00e5ngn\u00e4s<\/strong>, \u00e0 l\u2019est de l\u2019archipel, d\u2019o\u00f9 part le ferry pour <strong>Naantali<\/strong>, sur la c\u00f4te ouest de Finlande. Il lui faudra 5 heures pour slalomer dans ce d\u00e9dale d\u2019\u00eeles ininterrompu sur tout le parcours.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>August 6.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Almost the whole 5 hours from \u00c5land to <strong>Naantali<\/strong> at the west coast of <strong>Finland<\/strong> the ferry has to cris crosses through the uncountable number of islands. Finland counts <strong>95\u2019000 islands<\/strong> and we have probably seen a few hundreds of them today<\/em> <\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>La Finlande:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>8 fois la taille de la Suisse<\/strong> pour 5 millions et demie d&#8217;habitants.<br \/>\nSoumis \u00e0 un climat rigoureux pendant l&#8217;hiver c&#8217;est majoritairement <strong>un pays de ta\u00efga<\/strong>.<br \/>\nLa grande majorit\u00e9 des habitants vivent dans la r\u00e9gion d&#8217;<strong>Helsinki<\/strong>, au\u00a0sud du pays o\u00f9 le climat est plus agr\u00e9able.<br \/>\n<strong>La Finlande<\/strong> compte environ <strong>95&#8217;000 \u00eeles<\/strong> et <strong>188&#8217;000 lacs<\/strong> <strong>de plus de 500m\u00b2.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>86% du pays<\/strong> est recouvert de for\u00eats.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Finland<\/strong> (or Suomi in finish)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\">Besides the huge number of islands it also has <strong>188\u2019000 lakes<\/strong> of more than 500km2 (means equal or larger than lake Geneva !) and<strong> 73%<\/strong> of the country is covered with <strong>forest<\/strong> (highest in Europe!).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\">With a surface almost as big as Germany it has <strong>5.5 mio inhabitants<\/strong> most of which live in or around Helsinki where the climate is milder and jobs are numerous.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\">Finland became independent from Russia in 1917 but still maintains good relations with it.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\">It is one of the richer countries of the European Union and its economy has a per capita output equal to those of France, Germany or U.K. Largest industries are electronics (Angry Birds was designed here), machinery, and forest (it is one of the world\u2019s leading wood producers).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\">Finland produces 31% of its energy from hydropower and wood energy, 28% from nuclear power stations, 23% gas an charcoal and 5 &#8211; 15% are imported from Russia, Sweden and Norway.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/finlande\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3615\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3615\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Finlande.jpg?resize=481%2C523&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"481\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Finlande.jpg?w=481&amp;ssl=1 481w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Finlande.jpg?resize=276%2C300&amp;ssl=1 276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/finlande-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3616\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3616\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Finlande-2.jpg?resize=584%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Finlande-2.jpg?w=606&amp;ssl=1 606w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Finlande-2.jpg?resize=300%2C231&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nous d\u00e9barquons \u00e0 19h30 et profitons de faire un tour de ville de <strong>Naantali.<\/strong><br \/>\nL\u2019endroit est charmant avec plein de jolis caf\u00e9s au bord d\u2019une marina dont les vieux gr\u00e9ements forment la majorit\u00e9 des embarcations.<br \/>\nEn se promenant dans la ville, la premi\u00e8re chose qui saute aux yeux sont les \u00e9criteaux dont les textes sont devenus compl\u00e8tement illisibles. Heureusement qu&#8217;il y a les images !<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">We arrive in <strong>Naantali<\/strong> in the evening and visit the little city with lots of little wooden houses and inviting coffees and bars. This is also where we see how different Finish is from any other language we know. We are not able to guess a single word an translations are rare! From our guide books we know that it is a Uralic language and Estonian and Hungarian are closest. There are so many \u00e4, \u00fc, \u00f6, and y in one word that it almost looks funny.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/panneau-finlande\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3710\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3710\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Panneau-Finlande.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Panneau-Finlande.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Panneau-Finlande.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A 20h00 pr\u00e9cise, une <strong>crieuse publique<\/strong> attire l\u2019attention en frappant sur son tambour, puis r\u00e9cite un texte, dont on ne comprend absolument rien, mais qui est applaudi par les quelques personnes pr\u00e9sentes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/1-p1010247\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3453\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3453\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010247.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010247.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010247.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010247.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010247.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lundi 7 ao\u00fbt<br \/>\n<\/strong>Nous cueillons quelques myrtilles pour le petit d\u00e9jeuner apr\u00e8s quoi nous partons en direction de <strong>Turku<\/strong>, notre prochaine destination sur la route vers <strong>Helsinki<\/strong>.<br \/>\nAncienne capitale de la Finlande, <strong>Turku<\/strong> a \u00e9t\u00e9 la proie des flammes en <strong>1827<\/strong> et presque enti\u00e8rement d\u00e9truite, sauf le quartier pauvre des artisans qui \u00e9tait situ\u00e9 sur une colline.<br \/>\nCe quartier, nomm\u00e9 <strong>Luostarinm\u00e4ki,<\/strong> est devenu aujourd\u2019hui un mus\u00e9e en plein air et la principale attraction de la ville.<br \/>\nOn y retrouve l\u2019ambiance de l\u2019\u00e9poque \u00e0 travers les meubles et outils des artisans parfaitement conserv\u00e9s.<br \/>\nDes personnes en costume traditionnel nous parlent de la vie et des contraintes que subissaient les habitants de ce quartier dans ces temps-l\u00e0.<br \/>\n<strong>Tr\u00e8s int\u00e9ressant\u00a0!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>August 7<\/strong>. <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>We arrive in <strong>Turku.<\/strong> The former capital of Finland burned down in 1827 and only the <strong>Luostarinm\u00e4ki<\/strong> quarter was saved. It is today a beautiful <strong>outdoor museum<\/strong> and the key attraction of the town.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/7-p1010266\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3460\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3460\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/7-P1010266.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/7-P1010266.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/7-P1010266.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/7-P1010266.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/7-P1010266.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>La cuisine d&#8217;une maison d&#8217;habitation avec les pains de seigle au plafond.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>The kitchen of one of the historic houses with rye bread hung from the ceiling for drying.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/4-p1010258\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3457\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3457\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/4-P1010258.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/4-P1010258.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/4-P1010258.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/4-P1010258.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/4-P1010258.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>L&#8217;imprimerie.<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The printing office.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/5-p1010259\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3458\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3458\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/5-P1010259.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/5-P1010259.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/5-P1010259.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/5-P1010259.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/5-P1010259.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>La poterie.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>The pottery workshop.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/2-p1010250\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3455\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3455\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2-P1010250.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2-P1010250.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2-P1010250.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2-P1010250.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2-P1010250.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/6-p1010265\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3459\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3459\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/6-P1010265.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/6-P1010265.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/6-P1010265.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/6-P1010265.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/6-P1010265.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nous allons descendre maintenant vers <strong>Hanko<\/strong>, le point le plus austral de Finlande.<br \/>\nNotre guide routier WOMO nous signale qu\u2019\u00e0 <strong>Vikstrand<\/strong>, \u00e0 mi-chemin de notre destination se trouve une place de parc desservant une zone de baignade tout \u00e0 c\u00f4t\u00e9 d\u2019une plage de sable.<br \/>\nId\u00e9al\u00a0pour y passer la journ\u00e9e et la nuit.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>We spend the night and half of the next day at one of the numerous lakes at\u00a0the very pleasant beech <\/em><strong><em>Vikstrand<\/em><\/strong><em> where we harvest a lot of wild growing red currents.<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/1-p1010269\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3462\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3462\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010269.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010269.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010269.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010269.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010269.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/2-p1010270\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3463\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3463\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2-P1010270.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2-P1010270.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2-P1010270.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2-P1010270.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2-P1010270.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mardi 8 ao\u00fbt<br \/>\n<\/strong>Petit d\u00e9jeuner sur la plage suivi d\u2019une baignade et de la cueillette de raisinets qui bordent le chemin menant \u00e0 la plage.<br \/>\nL\u2019endroit est tellement accueillant que l\u2019on y reste jusqu\u2019en milieu d\u2019apr\u00e8s-midi \u00e0 se dorer au soleil avant de reprendre la route pour atteindre <strong>Hanko<\/strong> 40 minutes plus tard.<br \/>\nDu fait de sa situation g\u00e9ographique, cette ville est reconnue comme <strong>la plus ensoleill\u00e9e de Finlande<\/strong> et de ce fait, est devenue l\u2019endroit privil\u00e9gi\u00e9 des vacanciers estivaux.<br \/>\nElle est dot\u00e9e d\u2019une tr\u00e8s grande marina et le rivage \u00e9volue entre de grandes pierres plates et deux plages de sable fin dont l\u2019une fait plus d\u2019un kilom\u00e8tre de long.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>From here we drive along the coast direction east to Helsinki with a few stops in between.<\/em><em> The first one is <strong>Hanko<\/strong> with its milder climate and several long sandy beaches. Since the 18hundreds it is\u00a0already a popular holiday destination for the Finnish and also upper class Russians.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/4-p1010273\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3465\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3465\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/4-P1010273.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/4-P1010273.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/4-P1010273.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/4-P1010273.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/4-P1010273.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/3-p1010271\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3464\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3464\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/3-P1010271.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/3-P1010271.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/3-P1010271.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/3-P1010271.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/3-P1010271.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ce monument repr\u00e9sentant 3 grues volant vers l&#8217;ouest est d\u00e9di\u00e9 \u00e0 la grande migration des ann\u00e9es 1880 \u00e0 1930.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>3 flying <\/em><strong><em>cranes<\/em><\/strong><em> to memorize the many people that left Finland between 1880 and 1930 to find a better life in the USA (mainly the Midwest).<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/8-p1010277\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3469\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3469\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/8-P1010277.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/8-P1010277.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/8-P1010277.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/8-P1010277.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/8-P1010277.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mercredi 9 ao\u00fbt<br \/>\n<\/strong>Une petite halte \u00e0 <strong>Eken\u00e4s<\/strong>, sur la route d<strong>\u2019Helsinki<\/strong> pour boire un caf\u00e9 et faire une visite de la ville.<br \/>\nCe petit village de p\u00eacheurs avec ses maisons en bois et sa belle \u00e9glise datant du 18<sup>\u00e8me<\/sup> si\u00e8cle, est devenu aujourd\u2019hui une petite ville de 15&#8217;000 habitants.<br \/>\nA cette \u00e9poque, la\u00a0cit\u00e9 disposait d\u2019une seule autorisation pour l&#8217;exploitation d&#8217;un restaurant.<br \/>\nAfin de pouvoir ouvrir le sien, un entrepreneur astucieux a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de le construire sur l\u2019eau et ainsi contourner la loi.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>August 9.<\/em><\/strong><em> We visit <strong>Ekenes<\/strong> a charming little fishing town. In former times the town had the license for only one tavern. The creative owner of this one just built the second one in the lake on piles.<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/1-p1010278\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3470\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3470\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010278.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010278.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010278.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010278.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010278.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>En milieu d\u2019apr\u00e8s-midi, nous atteignons <strong>Helsinki<\/strong>\u00a0o\u00f9 nous nous\u00a0rendons directement dans le camping <strong>Rastila.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Nous allons y rester quelques\u00a0jours, le temps de visiter la capitale.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Later in the afternoon we arrive in <\/em><strong><em>Helsinki.<\/em><\/strong> <em> We go straight to the pleasant campground where we will stay for a few days\u00a0and visit the city.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>First impression once we arrive\u00a0at <\/em><strong><em>Helsinki town center<\/em><\/strong><em> on a sunny Sunday: <\/em><em> It is a trendy and lively place, lots of tourists, lots of music. A little less tidy and organized than Oslo, Stockholm and Copenhagen but the vibrant atmosphere makes up for it! The 1 million inhabitant city (20% of Finland\u2019s population) sits right at the sea and several bays create little centers with marinas and coffee places. The central market place lays at the beautiful main bay.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeudi 10 ao\u00fbt<br \/>\n<\/strong>Premier jour \u00e0 <strong>Helsinki<\/strong>.<br \/>\nCette ville de <strong>1 millions d\u2019habitants<\/strong> (20% de la population finlandaise), ressemble en ce jour de beau temps \u00e0 une vraie fourmili\u00e8re.<br \/>\nOn retrouve un peu de calme en montant sur un point de vue qui s&#8217;ouvre sur la baie du port.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/helsinki-baie\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3709\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3709\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Helsinki-baie.jpg?resize=584%2C254&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Helsinki-baie.jpg?w=3328&amp;ssl=1 3328w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Helsinki-baie.jpg?resize=300%2C131&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Helsinki-baie.jpg?resize=768%2C335&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Helsinki-baie.jpg?resize=1024%2C446&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Helsinki-baie.jpg?resize=624%2C272&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Helsinki-baie.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Helsinki-baie.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\nDans le centre, la musique\u00a0 y est partout tr\u00e8s pr\u00e9sente.<br \/>\nEn plus des musiciens de rue que l\u2019on rencontre plut\u00f4t sous forme de groupes, sur sc\u00e8ne ou dans la rue, les restaurants emploient leurs propres orchestres.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/18-p1010312\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3492\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3492\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/18-P1010312.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/18-P1010312.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/18-P1010312.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/18-P1010312.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/18-P1010312.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/15-p1010305\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3489\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3489\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/15-P1010305.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/15-P1010305.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/15-P1010305.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/15-P1010305.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/15-P1010305.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/13-p1010300\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3487\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3487\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/13-P1010300.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/13-P1010300.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/13-P1010300.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/13-P1010300.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/13-P1010300.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>L\u2019architecture quant \u00e0 elle est quelque peu h\u00e9t\u00e9roclite.<br \/>\nAu fil des rues, les b\u00e2timents historiques se retrouvent au voisinage d\u2019immeubles de briques rouges ou de locatifs plus r\u00e9cents de forme cubique.<br \/>\nDans les curiosit\u00e9s rencontr\u00e9es, cette ancienne prison qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 transform\u00e9e en h\u00f4tel de luxe&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>The architecture is a mix of beautiful historic, end of last century functional style and creative modern. Again less harmonious than the other Nordic capitals but together with the many parks and the huge waterfront Helsinki must make a great place to live in.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Below a great example for the creativity we see here. The red bric building\u00a0is\u00a0a\u00a0<\/em><strong><em>former prison<\/em><\/strong><em> renovated into a <\/em><strong><em>boutique hotel<\/em><\/strong><em> where the prison cells are now hotel rooms.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/09-p1010293\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3483\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3483\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/09-P1010293.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/09-P1010293.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/09-P1010293.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/09-P1010293.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/09-P1010293.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;.. ou ce restaurant a\u00e9rien situ\u00e9 juste \u00e0 c\u00f4t\u00e9 de la gare, dont les convives se voient hiss\u00e9s \u00e0 30 m\u00e8tres au-dessus du sol par une grue pour d\u00e9guster leur repas en admirant la ville \u00e0 la lueur du cr\u00e9puscule.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Fancy a dinner in the air? (Better go to the loo beforehand!). <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/19-p1010313\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3493\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3493\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/19-P1010313.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/19-P1010313.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/19-P1010313.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/19-P1010313.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/19-P1010313.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>View of the huge early 1900 Art Deco train station. The architecture is a bit special but still impressive.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/20-p1010316\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3494\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3494\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20-P1010316.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20-P1010316.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20-P1010316.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20-P1010316.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20-P1010316.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Une vue de la place du march\u00e9&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>The central market.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/07-p1010291\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3481\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3481\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/07-P1010291.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/07-P1010291.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/07-P1010291.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/07-P1010291.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/07-P1010291.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;.. avec ses\u00a0stands\u00a0richement pourvus en marchandises de toutes sortes.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>All the stands have the same seasonal products: spring onions, green peas, chanterelles, and heaps of blue berries, red currents and strawberries.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/17-p1010347\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3513\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3513\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/17-P1010347.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/17-P1010347.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/17-P1010347.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/17-P1010347.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/17-P1010347.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>L&#8217;un des endroits remarquables\u00a0 est l&#8217;ancien march\u00e9 couvert, abritant maintenant une multitude de petits restaurants.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The old market hall with trendy restaurants. We tested <strong>Asian fusion<\/strong> restaurants and the <strong>vegan coffee<\/strong> and found both very creative and super tasty!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/11-p1010297\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3485\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3485\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/11-P1010297.jpg?resize=584%2C876&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/11-P1010297.jpg?w=683&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/11-P1010297.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/11-P1010297.jpg?resize=624%2C936&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Juste derri\u00e8re, la <strong>Cath\u00e9drale Ouspenski<\/strong> ou\u00a0Cath\u00e9drale de\u00a0l&#8217;Assomption qui est celle du dioc\u00e8se orthodoxe de la ville.<br \/>\nElle fut construite sur ordre de l&#8217;empereur <strong>Alexandre\u00a0II de Russie entre 1862 et 1868.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>And just behind the impressive <\/em><strong><em>Orthodox cathedral Ouspenski<\/em><\/strong><em> built for the Russian tsar Alexandre II between 1962 and 1968.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/16-p1010346\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3512\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3512\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/16-P1010346.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/16-P1010346.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/16-P1010346.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/16-P1010346.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/16-P1010346.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/15-p1010345\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3511\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3511\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/15-P1010345.jpg?resize=584%2C876&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/15-P1010345.jpg?w=683&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/15-P1010345.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/15-P1010345.jpg?resize=624%2C936&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Autre site marquant de la ville\u00a0: <strong>l\u2019\u00e9glise de Temppeliaukio.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Cette \u00e9glise, \u0153uvre des fr\u00e8res finlandais <strong>Timo et Tuomo Suomalainena<\/strong>, tous deux architectes, a \u00e9t\u00e9 creus\u00e9e dans la roche \u00e0 coup d\u2019explosifs pendant les ann\u00e9es 1960 et ouverte au public en 1969.<br \/>\nSon design tr\u00e8s particulier en a fait l\u2019un des premiers monuments touristiques de la ville mais son atmosph\u00e8re et sa qualit\u00e9 acoustique a tr\u00e8s vite \u00e9t\u00e9 appr\u00e9ci\u00e9e des locaux qui organisent fr\u00e9quemment des mariages et des concerts dans celle-ci.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Another example for the creative spirit of Helsinki is the <\/em><strong><em>Temppeliaukio church<\/em><\/strong><em>. <\/em><em> Built in the 1960s this church was dug down into the rock in the middle of a residential area and covered with a roof of wood and copper. A surprising architecture with a great acoustic and touching atmosphere.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/07-p1010336\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3503\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3503\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/07-P1010336.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/07-P1010336.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/07-P1010336.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/07-P1010336.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/07-P1010336.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/09-p1010338\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3505\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3505\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/09-P1010338.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/09-P1010338.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/09-P1010338.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/09-P1010338.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/09-P1010338.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Il est temps de faire une pause-caf\u00e9 et le <strong>restaurant-pub \u00ab\u00a0Zetor\u00a0\u00bb<\/strong> avec sa d\u00e9coration rurale et son atmosph\u00e8re toute particuli\u00e8re fait partie des endroits \u00e0 ne pas manquer.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>One of our (many) coffee stops leads us to a very different restaurant-pub: the <\/em><strong><em>\u201cZetor\u201d:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/19-p1010352\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3515\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3515\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/19-P1010352.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/19-P1010352.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/19-P1010352.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/19-P1010352.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/19-P1010352.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/20-p1010353\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3516\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3516\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20-P1010353.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20-P1010353.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20-P1010353.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20-P1010353.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20-P1010353.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dimanche 13 ao\u00fbt<br \/>\n<\/strong>Nous quittons <strong>Helsinki<\/strong> pour trois jours afin de visiter un peu la r\u00e9gion situ\u00e9e dans son nord-est.<br \/>\nNous montons vers <strong>Mikkeli<\/strong> et peu avant, nous nous arr\u00eatons sur le lieu de d\u00e9part d\u2019une balade qui m\u00e8ne \u00e0 un site de <strong>peintures rupestres datant de -5000 \u00e0 -3200 ans AC<\/strong>.<br \/>\nLa peinture \u00e9tait obtenue en chauffant de l\u2019oxyde de fer et en y ajoutant de la graisse et du sang\u00a0avec comme liant, des \u0153ufs d\u2019oiseaux.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>August 13.<\/em><\/strong> <em>After 3 days Helsinki visit we have 3 more days before we (hopefully)\u00a0receive our Russia visa and\u00a0take the train to St. Petersburg. We decide to\u00a0use this as an opportunity to see a bit of the countryside north-east of\u00a0Helsinki. Or better \u201clakeside\u201d since we will do a tour around Finland&#8217;s biggest <\/em><strong><em>lake<\/em><\/strong><em> called <\/em><strong><em>Saimaa.<\/em><\/strong><em> With 4400 square km surface area and 13,700km shore length (it is very branched) it is eight times the size of lake Geneva!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Our first stop short before the town of Mikkeli in the north of Helsinki brings us to a little hike that leads to a site with ancient <\/em><strong><em>rock paintings<\/em><\/strong><em>. It is surprising that the paintings are not protected other than through the slightly concave shape of the rock which probably protects them from too much rain and ice.<\/em> <em>There is an official panel that explains their origin from <\/em><strong><em>5000 to 3200 BC<\/em><\/strong><em>. Amazing!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>The creators must have tested a lot to come up with the recipe of the paint: iron oxide heated<\/em><em> and mixed with fat, blood and birds eggs!<\/em> <em>But the resulting endurance of the paint is convincing<\/em> .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/04-p1010359\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3521\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3521\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/04-P1010359.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/04-P1010359.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/04-P1010359.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/04-P1010359.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/04-P1010359.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/05-p1010360\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3522\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3522\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/05-P1010360.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/05-P1010360.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/05-P1010360.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/05-P1010360.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/05-P1010360.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>L\u2019endroit, directement situ\u00e9 au bord du lac, offre un tableau idyllique et se pr\u00eate merveilleusement \u00e0 un pique-nique de fin de journ\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>The site is directly at the lake and we enjoy a late evening picking with view.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/01-p1010356\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3518\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3518\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/01-P1010356.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/01-P1010356.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/01-P1010356.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/01-P1010356.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/01-P1010356.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/02-p1010357\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3519\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3519\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/02-P1010357.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/02-P1010357.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/02-P1010357.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/02-P1010357.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/02-P1010357.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/07-p1010363\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3524\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3524\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/07-P1010363.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/07-P1010363.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/07-P1010363.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/07-P1010363.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/07-P1010363.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lundi 14 ao\u00fbt<br \/>\n<\/strong>Petit tour \u00e0 travers la ville de <strong>Mikkeli<\/strong> qui n\u2019offre pas d\u2019int\u00e9r\u00eat particulier puis, peu avant <strong>Anttola<\/strong>, nous rendons visite \u00e0 un producteur de vin\u2026..de petits fruits.<br \/>\nCette petite entreprise nomm\u00e9e \u00ab\u00a0<strong>Ollinm\u00e4en Viinitila Oy\u00a0\u00bb<\/strong> fabrique principalement du cidre de pommes mais aussi du vin avec un m\u00e9lange de petits fruits, raisinets, cassis, airelles auxquels il est aussi ajout\u00e9 de la s\u00e8ve de bouleau.<br \/>\nNous profitons d\u2019en d\u00e9guster trois. Un sec, un demi-sec et un doux et c\u2019est plut\u00f4t ce dernier qui a notre faveur. Il faut dire que le go\u00fbt ne correspond pas \u00e0 ce que l\u2019on conna\u00eet du vin et pour les deux premiers, on retrouve une certaine amertume en finale.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>The next day we visit a <\/em><strong><em>local winery<\/em><\/strong><em> that uses locally grown berries, apples and birch sap as raw materials. Interesting we think and decide on a taste testing before we buy anything. Unlike Michel I quite like most of them but in particular the one with cranberries and birch sap.<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/1-p1010376\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3529\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3529\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010376.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010376.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010376.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010376.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010376.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On continue notre progression \u00e0 travers lacs et for\u00eats en direction de la c\u00f4te sud et faisons halte<br \/>\nsous une pin\u00e8de au bord du <strong>lac Saimaa<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Our next stop is right at <\/em><strong><em>lake Saimaa.<\/em><\/strong><em> Sandy beach, crystal clear water and pine trees. If it was a little warmer we would go for a long swim\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/4-p1010385\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3532\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3532\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/4-P1010385.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/4-P1010385.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/4-P1010385.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/4-P1010385.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/4-P1010385.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mardi 15 ao\u00fbt<br \/>\n<\/strong>Notre petit tour des lacs continue avec arr\u00eat caf\u00e9 \u00e0 <strong>Puumala<\/strong> nomm\u00e9e \u00ab\u00a0<strong>la Gibraltar du lac Saimaa<\/strong>\u00a0\u00bb.<br \/>\nLongeant la rive d&#8217;un lac, notre regard est soudain attir\u00e9 par une embarcation particuli\u00e8re.<br \/>\nEn l&#8217;occurrence, il s&#8217;agit d&#8217;un sauna mont\u00e9 sur un ponton amovible. Astucieux !<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>We continue or tour around the lake and enjoy the mixture of quite pure nature sites and lovely promenades at the view down at the lake. It is obvious that the finnish people profited from what their country offers and like little cottages in the middle of the wood (ideally by a little quiet lake with a tiny <\/em><strong><em>sauna)<\/em><\/strong><em> as much as <\/em><strong><em>waterfront restaurants<\/em><\/strong><em>. <\/em><em>And we can relate to this<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/2-p1010379\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3530\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3530\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2-P1010379.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2-P1010379.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2-P1010379.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2-P1010379.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2-P1010379.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On continue notre route qui serpente toujours entre lacs et for\u00eats jusqu\u2019\u00e0 <strong>Lappeenranta<\/strong>.<br \/>\nLes quais en bord de lac sont tr\u00e8s anim\u00e9s en cette fin d\u2019apr\u00e8s-midi ensoleill\u00e9e. Un ch\u0153ur mixte, install\u00e9 sur une sc\u00e8ne entonne quelques chants pour les badauds qui se sont assis pour les \u00e9couter.<br \/>\nPlein de petites \u00e9choppes de glaces et caf\u00e9s bordent la place et deux anciens bateaux \u00e0 vapeur, transform\u00e9s en restaurant, sont amarr\u00e9s au quai et sont d\u00e9j\u00e0 bien occup\u00e9s par une client\u00e8le profitant de cette douce chaleur de fin d\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9.<br \/>\nNous profitons de cette aubaine pour faire de m\u00eame et prendre un succulent repas sur le pont sup\u00e9rieur du \u00ab\u00a0<strong>Arena<\/strong>\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/1-p1010391\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3533\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3533\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010391.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010391.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010391.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010391.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010391.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Une petite balade digestive sur le site de la forteresse de \u00ab\u00a0<strong>Linnoitus<\/strong>\u00a0\u00bb cl\u00f4ture cette visite de la ville.<br \/>\nNous roulons encore une vingtaine de kilom\u00e8tres pour nous arr\u00eater au bord d\u2019un petit lac, serti au milieu d\u2019une for\u00eat de pins et dont les eaux refl\u00e8tent les lueurs orang\u00e9es du cr\u00e9puscule.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/2-p1010396\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3534\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3534\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2-P1010396.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2-P1010396.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2-P1010396.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2-P1010396.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2-P1010396.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mercredi 16 ao\u00fbt<br \/>\n<\/strong>Retour au camping <strong>Rastila<\/strong> pour la derni\u00e8re nuit avant notre voyage \u00e0 <strong>St-Petersbourg<\/strong>.<br \/>\nA peine arriv\u00e9s, nous prenons le m\u00e9tro pour <strong>Helsinki<\/strong> afin d\u2019aller chercher nos passeports avec le visa pour la <strong>Russie<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<strong>Bon\u00a0!<\/strong> \u00c7a ne marche pas toujours comme l\u2019on veut. L\u2019agence nous les avait promis pour cette fin d\u2019apr\u00e8s-midi mais ils ne sont pas encore arriv\u00e9s. Apr\u00e8s avoir pass\u00e9 un coup de fil \u00e0 l&#8217;ambassade russe,\u00a0le pr\u00e9pos\u00e9 nous dit qu\u2019ils seront l\u00e0 demain matin\u00a0d\u00e8s 10 heures.<br \/>\nComme notre train part \u00e0 11 heures, \u00e7a devrait marcher.<br \/>\nOn profite de notre pr\u00e9sence \u00e0 Helsinki pour aller manger au restaurant avant de revenir au camping.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>August 16.<\/strong><\/em> <em>We return to Helsinki late afternoon to pick-up the <\/em><strong><em>visas for St. Petersbourg.<\/em><\/strong><strong><em> In Vain!<\/em><\/strong><em> The agency has not\u00a0yet received them but our train is booked for tomorrow 11 o&#8217;clock<\/em> <em> After a call to the Russian embassy we are promised the visa for 10 o&#8217;clock tomorrow&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeudi 17 ao\u00fbt<br \/>\n<\/strong>A 10 heures on est \u00e0 l\u2019agence pour r\u00e9cup\u00e9rer nos passeports qui cette fois sont bien arriv\u00e9s.<br \/>\nLe train part \u00e0 11h00 comme pr\u00e9vu et 3h1\/2 plus tard nous arrivons \u00e0 <strong>St-P\u00e9tersbourg<\/strong>.<br \/>\nOn cherche le meilleur moyen pour rejoindre notre h\u00f4tel et il nous semble bien que la solution s\u2019av\u00e8re \u00eatre en taxi.<br \/>\nUn chauffeur ayant vu notre h\u00e9sitation s\u2019approche de nous nous propose de nous y amener pour 1400 roubles (23 CHF). On trouve un peu cher pour les 5 km de trajet et on finit par n\u00e9gocier \u00e0 1000 roubles (16.60 CHF). Apr\u00e8s \u00eatre arriv\u00e9s \u00e0 l\u2019h\u00f4tel et demand\u00e9 ce que valait r\u00e9ellement cette course, 400 roubles (6.60 CHF) aurait \u00e9t\u00e9 le juste prix.<br \/>\nOn voit bien que c\u2019est partout pareil, le touriste se fait arnaquer \u00e0 chaque fois qu\u2019il ne conna\u00eet pas encore les us et coutumes de l\u2019endroit visit\u00e9.<br \/>\nUn petit tour \u00e0 pied dans la ville pour faire connaissance avec celle-ci termine cette premi\u00e8re journ\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Luckily the promise\u00a0turns out to be true and after only 3 1\/2 hours train ride and a very serious passport and visa control we <\/em><strong><em>arrive in St. Petersburg<\/em><\/strong><em>.<\/em><em> A taxi driver brings us to the hotel after accepting an important price reduction to his first announced fare. We find out later that we still paid more than double of what you pay when the hotel orders the taxi. Welcome to a different world! This would not happen in any of the Scandinavian countries. Prices are definitely higher there than in Russia, but fares are fix. Lesson learned\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/selfie-sang-verse-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3714\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3714\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Selfie-sang-vers%C3%A9.jpg?resize=584%2C779&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Selfie-sang-vers%C3%A9.jpg?w=855&amp;ssl=1 855w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Selfie-sang-vers%C3%A9.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Selfie-sang-vers%C3%A9.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Selfie-sang-vers%C3%A9.jpg?resize=624%2C832&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vendredi 18 au Lundi 21 ao\u00fbt.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><strong>Visite de Saint-P\u00e9tersbourg.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Saint-P\u00e9tersbourg<\/strong> a \u00e9t\u00e9 fond\u00e9e en <strong>1703<\/strong> par le <strong>Tsar Pierre le Grand.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Par son urbanisme r\u00e9solument moderne et son esth\u00e9tique d&#8217;origine \u00e9trang\u00e8re, la nouvelle ville devait permettre \u00e0 la Russie d\u2019\u00ab\u00a0<strong>ouvrir une fen\u00eatre sur l&#8217;Europe<\/strong>\u00a0\u00bb et contribuer, selon le souhait du tsar, \u00e0 hisser la <strong>Russie<\/strong> au rang des grandes puissances europ\u00e9ennes.<br \/>\nElle a \u00e9t\u00e9 la <strong>capitale de l\u2019empire Russe jusqu\u2019en 1917<\/strong>, ann\u00e9e de r\u00e9volution et accession de <strong>L\u00e9nine<\/strong> \u00e0 la t\u00eate de la Russie. Depuis lors c\u2019est <strong>Moscou<\/strong> qui tient ce r\u00f4le.<br \/>\n<strong>Saint-P\u00e9tersbourg<\/strong> a chang\u00e9 plusieurs fois d&#8217;appellation\u00a0: elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 rebaptis\u00e9e <strong>P\u00e9trograd<\/strong> de <strong>1914 \u00e0 1924<\/strong>, puis <strong>Leningrad <\/strong>de <strong>1924 \u00e0 1991<\/strong>, avant de retrouver son nom d&#8217;origine \u00e0 la suite d&#8217;un r\u00e9f\u00e9rendum, apr\u00e8s la chute du communisme.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>Friday 18 to Monday August 21. St Petersburg visit.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>Saint Petersburg<\/em><\/strong><em> is Russia&#8217;s second largest city with over <\/em><strong><em>5 million inhabitants<\/em><\/strong><em> and an important port on the Baltic Sea. It was <\/em><strong><em>founded<\/em><\/strong><em> by Tsar Peter the Great <\/em><strong><em>in 1703<\/em><\/strong><em> with the aim to open Russia more to the west culturally and economically. Until 1918 it was the capital of imperial Russia. <\/em><em> The <strong>historical Center<\/strong> of Saint Petersburg is a <strong>UNESCO World Heritage<\/strong> site with its thousands of historical buildings and maintaining them represents a challenge for the government.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cette tr\u00e8s belle ville de plus de <strong>5 millions d\u2019habitants<\/strong> compte tant de tr\u00e9sors qu\u2019il n\u2019est pas possible d\u2019\u00e9num\u00e9rer tout ce que nous avons vu en 4 jours de visite.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>There is so much to see here that we can only give you a small selection of what we have explored during those 4 days (roughly 20\u2019000 steps per day<\/em> <em>).<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Premi\u00e8re image en sortant de notre h\u00f4tel, le long de l&#8217;un des canaux.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>view from the hotel gate:<\/em><\/span><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/01-p1010483\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3558\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3558\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/01-P1010483.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/01-P1010483.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/01-P1010483.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/01-P1010483.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/01-P1010483.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>L\u00e0 aussi, apprendre un peu de cyrillique va nous aider\u00a0\u00e0 comprendre les divers panneaux.<br \/>\n<strong>STOP<\/strong> pour celui-l\u00e0 !<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>A little bit of Cyrillic can be very helpful: Michel points at a <\/em><strong><em>STOP <\/em><\/strong><em>sign, and the hotel behind him is the <\/em><strong><em>Astoria!<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/stop-st-petersbourg\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3715\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3715\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Stop-St-Petersbourg.jpg?resize=584%2C779&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Stop-St-Petersbourg.jpg?w=1224&amp;ssl=1 1224w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Stop-St-Petersbourg.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Stop-St-Petersbourg.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Stop-St-Petersbourg.jpg?resize=624%2C832&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Stop-St-Petersbourg.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Depuis le d\u00f4me de la\u00a0<strong>Cath\u00e9drale St-Isaac<\/strong> la vue s&#8217;\u00e9tend sur la ville et ses clochers dor\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>View from the dome of the <\/em><strong><em>St. Isaac&#8217;s Cathedral<\/em><\/strong><em>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/08-p1010556\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3591\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3591\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/08-P1010556.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/08-P1010556.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/08-P1010556.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/08-P1010556.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/08-P1010556.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>D\u00e9conseill\u00e9e aux <strong>ochlophobes<\/strong>, la visite des sites tels que le \u00ab\u00a0<strong>Peterhof<\/strong>\u00a0\u00bb, r\u00e9sidence d\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9 de <strong>Pierre le Grand <\/strong>demande de la patience.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>The most visited sites are the splendid <\/em><strong><em>Peterhof<\/em><\/strong><em> and the <\/em><strong><em>Hermitage<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>,<\/em><\/strong><em> summer and winter residence of <\/em><strong><em>Peter the Great<\/em><\/strong><em>. Consequently you will encounter masses of people and endless queues! (We are told it is better in winter\u2026).<\/em> <em>And the sometimes surprising Russian organization does not help. E.g. For Peterhof you have to queue 5 times for different tickets and entrance (the boat, the parc, twice for the building and the return boat again). It is not possible to get one ticket for all.<\/em> <em>In addition non of the information panels are in English and the guards speaks only Russian (ok our fault that we don&#8217;t speak Russian) so you don&#8217;t really know where to\u00a0queue for what.<\/em> <em>Oh, I forgot to say there seem to be different castle entrances and ticket counters for Russians, but we never found someone to could explain this to us\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/18-p1010533\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3575\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3575\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/18-P1010533.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/18-P1010533.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/18-P1010533.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/18-P1010533.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/18-P1010533.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/16-p1010530\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3573\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3573\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/16-P1010530.jpg?resize=584%2C876&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/16-P1010530.jpg?w=683&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/16-P1010530.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/16-P1010530.jpg?resize=624%2C936&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vue du canal de 400 m\u00e8tres permettant \u00e0 <strong>Pierre le Grand<\/strong> d&#8217;acc\u00e9der \u00e0 son pied \u00e0 terre en bateau.<br \/>\nLes deux passerelles n&#8217;existaient pas \u00e0 cette \u00e9poque.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/08-p1010510\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3565\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3565\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/08-P1010510.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/08-P1010510.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/08-P1010510.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/08-P1010510.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/08-P1010510.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Afin de contourner l\u2019attente interminable dans les queues, la meilleure mani\u00e8re est de prendre un guide. C\u2019est plus cher mais \u00e7a en vaut vraiment la peine.<br \/>\nC&#8217;est ce que nous avons fait pour la visite de sa r\u00e9sidence d&#8217;hiver, l&#8217;<strong>Ermitage<\/strong>.<br \/>\nC&#8217;est le plus grand mus\u00e9e du monde en termes d&#8217;objets expos\u00e9s (plus de 60\u00a0000 pi\u00e8ces dans pr\u00e8s de 1\u00a0000 salles tandis que pr\u00e8s de trois millions d\u2019objets sont conserv\u00e9s dans les r\u00e9serves). Avec ses <span class=\"nowrap\">230\u00a0000 <abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"m\u00e8tre carr\u00e9\">m<sup><span style=\"font-size: small;\">2<\/span><\/sup><\/abbr><\/span> de surface, dont <span class=\"nowrap\">66\u00a0000 <abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"m\u00e8tre carr\u00e9\">m<sup><span style=\"font-size: small;\">2<\/span><\/sup><\/abbr><\/span> consacr\u00e9s aux expositions, il s&#8217;agit de l&#8217;un des trois\u00a0plus grands\u00a0mus\u00e9es d&#8217;art du monde aux c\u00f4t\u00e9s du Louvre et du Metropolitan Museum de New York.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>To avoid the cue for the <\/em><strong><em>Hermitage<\/em><\/strong><em> we took a guide.\u00a0This also helped to focus our visit since it is the worlds biggest museum with over 60\u2019000 exponents and 400 rooms (some 3 million objects more are in storage).<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/1-p1010543\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3579\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3579\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010543.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010543.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010543.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010543.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-P1010543.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/ermitage-interieur\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3607\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3607\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Ermitage-int%C3%A9rieur.jpg?resize=584%2C439&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Ermitage-int%C3%A9rieur.jpg?w=1606&amp;ssl=1 1606w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Ermitage-int%C3%A9rieur.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Ermitage-int%C3%A9rieur.jpg?resize=768%2C577&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Ermitage-int%C3%A9rieur.jpg?resize=1024%2C769&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Ermitage-int%C3%A9rieur.jpg?resize=624%2C469&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Ermitage-int%C3%A9rieur.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Des personnes en costume d&#8217;\u00e9poque attirent le touriste en vue d&#8217;une photo (payante).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>At the entrance of the key attractions people with historical costumes invite you for a photo (and then ask you to pay \ud83d\ude42 ).<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/10-p1010464\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3553\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3553\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/10-P1010464.jpg?resize=584%2C876&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/10-P1010464.jpg?w=683&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/10-P1010464.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/10-P1010464.jpg?resize=624%2C936&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Assister \u00e0 un spectacle fait aussi partie de la visite.<br \/>\nNous avons choisi le spectacle folklorique \u00ab\u00a0<strong>Sentez-vous russe\u00a0!<\/strong>\u00a0\u00bb avec d\u00eener-buffet russe au <strong>Palais Nicolas.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Une magnifique soir\u00e9e dans un cadre majestueux avec chants et danses russes ex\u00e9cut\u00e9s par des artistes de grand talent.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>For some exposure to Russian culture we assisted a <\/em><strong><em>folkloric singing and dancing show<\/em><\/strong><em> at the magnificent <\/em><strong><em>Nikolayevsky palace<\/em><\/strong><em>.<\/em><em> We absolutely loved it! sorry no photos allowed during the show.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/12-p1010471\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3555\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3555\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/12-P1010471.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/12-P1010471.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/12-P1010471.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/12-P1010471.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/12-P1010471.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Le mus\u00e9e Faberg\u00e9, au sein du <strong>Palais Chouvalov<\/strong>, est un incontournable au vu de la superbe collection d&#8217;oeuvres des meilleurs orf\u00e8vres russes du 19\u00e8me et d\u00e9but du 20\u00e8me si\u00e8cle.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>The <\/em><strong><em>Faberg\u00e9 museum<\/em><\/strong><em> at Shuvalov Palace.<br \/>\n<\/em><em>The privately owned museum contains more than <\/em><strong><em>4000 items of decorative applied and fine arts<\/em><\/strong><em> including a collection of the famous<\/em><strong><em> Easter eggs created by Faberg\u00e9 for the last two Russian Tsars<\/em><\/strong><em>. Founded in 1842 Faberg\u00e9 was a jewelry firm in particular famous for work of high quality and intricate details.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/01-p1010547\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3580\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3580\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/01-P1010547.jpg?resize=584%2C876&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/01-P1010547.jpg?w=683&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/01-P1010547.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/01-P1010547.jpg?resize=624%2C936&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>La plus c\u00e9l\u00e8bre \u00e9tant les fameux <strong>\u0153ufs de Faberg\u00e9<\/strong>.<br \/>\nLe joaillier a r\u00e9alis\u00e9 une cinquantaine d\u2019\u0153ufs entre 1880 et 1917, majoritairement pour la famille imp\u00e9riale russe, une tradition inaugur\u00e9e en 1885 par le <strong>tsar Alexandre III<\/strong> qui avait offert \u00e0 son \u00e9pouse, la tsarine Maria Fedorovna, un premier \u0153uf richement d\u00e9cor\u00e9 de pierres pr\u00e9cieuses pour P\u00e2ques.<br \/>\nLes \u0153ufs contenaient chaque fois une surprise.<br \/>\nCes \u0153ufs sont estim\u00e9s aujourd&#8217;hui entre 12 et 20 millions de francs pi\u00e8ce.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Faberg\u00e9 designed a total of <\/em><strong><em>50 Easter eggs<\/em><\/strong><em> for the Russian Tsar Family. Of these 43 are known to have survived and 19 are exposed here. The value of one of these eggs is estimated between 12 and 20 million CHF each&#8230;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/04-p1010550\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3587\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3587\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/04-P1010550.jpg?resize=584%2C876&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/04-P1010550.jpg?w=683&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/04-P1010550.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/04-P1010550.jpg?resize=624%2C936&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/02-p1010548\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3585\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3585\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/02-P1010548.jpg?resize=584%2C876&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/02-P1010548.jpg?w=683&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/02-P1010548.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/02-P1010548.jpg?resize=624%2C936&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/03-p1010549\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3586\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3586\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/03-P1010549.jpg?resize=584%2C876&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/03-P1010549.jpg?w=683&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/03-P1010549.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/03-P1010549.jpg?resize=624%2C936&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Toujours dans les monuments remarquables, la <strong>Cath\u00e9drale &#8220;Saint-Sauveur-sur-le-Sang-Vers\u00e9&#8221; <\/strong>est \u00e0 ne pas manquer.<br \/>\nCe nom fait r\u00e9f\u00e9rence au sang vers\u00e9 lors de l&#8217;assassinat de l&#8217;empereur\u00a0Alexandre II qui fut mortellement bless\u00e9 \u00e0 cet endroit le\u00a013 mars 1881.<br \/>\nLa construction commen\u00e7a en 1883 sous le r\u00e8gne d&#8217;<strong>Alexandre III<\/strong>, en tant que m\u00e9morial en l&#8217;honneur de son p\u00e8re.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">Probably the most photogenic building in Saint Petersburg, the <strong>Church <\/strong>of<strong> Our Savior on Spilled Blood<\/strong>. Built on the site where Tsar Alexander II was fatally wounded by political nihilists in 1881.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/02-p1010498-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3619\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3619\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/02-P1010498-1.jpg?resize=584%2C876&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/02-P1010498-1.jpg?w=683&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/02-P1010498-1.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/02-P1010498-1.jpg?resize=624%2C936&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Les fresques sont enti\u00e8rement faites de mosa\u00efques.<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The walls are completely covered in mosaics. Absolutely superb!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/02-p1010424\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3545\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3545\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/02-P1010424.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/02-P1010424.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/02-P1010424.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/02-P1010424.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/02-P1010424.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Autre\u00a0\u00e9difice historique,\u00a0la <strong>cath\u00e9drale <\/strong>orthodoxe russe\u00a0de <strong>Saint-Isaac.<br \/>\n<\/strong>B\u00e2tie entre 1818 et 1858, sous les r\u00e8gnes des empereurs Alexandre 1er (1801-1825), Nicolas 1er (1825-1855) et Alexandre II (1855-1881). Elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 inspir\u00e9e par la cath\u00e9drale Saint-Paul de Londres et a \u00e9t\u00e9 con\u00e7ue pour accueillir 14\u00a0000 fid\u00e8les.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Another impressive church: <span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Saint Isaac\u2019s Cathedral<\/strong> was ordered by Tsar Alexander I in 1818. is the fourth largest cathedral of the world and it&#8217;s gold plated dome rises 101m. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">25\u2019000 piles were driven into the wet ground to secure the gigantic construction and innovative methods were created to erect the giant columns. The construction cost totaled an incredible 1 million gold rubles.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/14-p1010479\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3557\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3557\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/14-P1010479.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/14-P1010479.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/14-P1010479.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/14-P1010479.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/14-P1010479.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/10-p1010558\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3581\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3581\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/10-P1010558.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/10-P1010558.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/10-P1010558.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/10-P1010558.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/10-P1010558.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/14-p1010479\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3557\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Impossible de passer du temps et surtout marcher beaucoup sans s&#8217;arr\u00eater dans un restaurant.<br \/>\nL\u00e0 aussi, difficile de faire un choix sans \u00eatre conseill\u00e9.<br \/>\nNe ratez pas le \u00ab\u00a0<strong>Sadko<\/strong>\u00a0\u00bb, restaurant servant de la cuisine russe dont les serveurs sont \u00e9tudiants du conservatoire et arr\u00eatent leur service quelques instants pour entonner des chants du r\u00e9pertoire folklorique russe.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\">An important part to explore a foreign culture is the <strong>food!<\/strong> We went to many coffee places and restaurants tasting Russian soups, pies, pastries, ragout, ravioli etc and all of it was great. But there is one place we want to mention here the <strong>\u201cSadko\u201d.<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>In<\/strong> this <strong>restaurant<\/strong>\u00a0the waiters are students from the music academy and during little breaks they sing and play <strong>Russian folkloric songs<\/strong> for the guests. It was great!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/21-p1010541\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3578\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3578\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/21-P1010541.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/21-P1010541.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/21-P1010541.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/21-P1010541.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/21-P1010541.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sur conseil du serveur \u00e0 la voix de baryton, nous avons d\u00e9gust\u00e9 un esturgeon.<br \/>\nServi sur un grand plat, tr\u00e8s joliment roul\u00e9 en boule sur un lit de salade, accompagn\u00e9 de pommes de terre, il s\u2019est av\u00e9r\u00e9 d\u00e9licieux.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">For the food, we followed the recommendations of our baritone waiter and shared a <strong>whole sturgeon<\/strong> to celebrate our last evening in St. Petersburg<\/span> <\/em>&#x1f60b; <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(for once the fish and not the eggs!).<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Obviously followed by a vodka, for better digestion\u00a0\ud83d\ude42\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/20-p1010540\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3577\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3577\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20-P1010540.jpg?resize=584%2C876&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20-P1010540.jpg?w=683&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20-P1010540.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20-P1010540.jpg?resize=624%2C936&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Le restaurant \u00ab\u00a0<strong>Teclo<\/strong>\u00a0\u00bb ou l\u2019\u00a0\u00ab\u00a0<strong>Idiot<\/strong>\u00a0\u00bb sont aussi \u00e0 conseiller parmi tant d\u2019autres.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mardi 22 ao\u00fbt<br \/>\n<\/strong>De retour au camping <strong>Rastila \u00e0 Helsinki<\/strong>, il est temps de pr\u00e9parer la suite du voyage.<br \/>\nR\u00e9servation du ferry pour demain \u00e0 destination de <strong>Tallinn<\/strong>, un peu d\u2019internet pour la pr\u00e9paration du nouvel article du blog et derni\u00e8re visite \u00e0 Helsinki pour <strong>Sylke<\/strong> qui revient avec des <strong>m\u00fbres des marais<\/strong> et des <strong>bocaux vides<\/strong>, ce qui laisse augurer qu\u2019il va y avoir bient\u00f4t une nouvelle confiture \u00e0 bord de l\u2019Azala\u00ef.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Back in <strong>Helsinki<\/strong> we book the ferry to Tallinn, Estonia for the day after next which leaves Michel a day to select photos for the blog and for me to do some <strong>shopping<\/strong> in town<\/span><\/em> &#x1f601;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mercredi 23 ao\u00fbt<br \/>\n<\/strong>Comme mentionn\u00e9 hier, <strong>Sylke<\/strong> commence la journ\u00e9e par faire de la <strong>confiture aux m\u00fbres des marais<\/strong> que l\u2019on d\u00e9guste pour le petit-d\u00e9jeuner.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>August 23<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\">I had used the unique occasion to buy <strong>cloudberries<\/strong> on the market in Helsinki yesterday! <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\">So I quickly make <strong>jam<\/strong> in the morning before we take off to the ferry terminal.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/confiture-mures-des-marais\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3606\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3606\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Confiture-mures-des-marais.jpg?resize=584%2C438&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Confiture-mures-des-marais.jpg?w=1632&amp;ssl=1 1632w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Confiture-mures-des-marais.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Confiture-mures-des-marais.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Confiture-mures-des-marais.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Confiture-mures-des-marais.jpg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Confiture-mures-des-marais.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On quitte le camping vers les 10 heures pour rejoindre le terminal du ferry avec toutefois un petit tour au march\u00e9 \u00e0 <strong>Helsinki<\/strong> pour faire provision de fraises et raisinets en cours de route.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>On the way we also <strong>fill up<\/strong> on <strong>strawberries<\/strong> and <strong>red currents<\/strong>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/fruits-rouges\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3609\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3609\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fruits-rouges.jpg?resize=584%2C779&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fruits-rouges.jpg?w=722&amp;ssl=1 722w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fruits-rouges.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Fruits-rouges.jpg?resize=624%2C832&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Qui vont \u00eatre d\u00e9gust\u00e9s dans d&#8217;excellents petits d\u00e9jeuners.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Bye the way, the late strawberry season in the Nordic countries has allowed us to have strawberries for almost every single breakfast since we left CH in mid may!<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">With all the antioxidants in red fruits we must look younger now than 6 months ago<\/span><\/em> &#x1f604;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/bol-de-muesli\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3708\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3708\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Bol-de-muesli.jpg?resize=584%2C438&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Bol-de-muesli.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Bol-de-muesli.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Bol-de-muesli.jpg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2h30<\/strong> de travers\u00e9e entre <strong>Helsinki et Tallinn<\/strong> nous font arriver dans cette <strong>capitale de l\u2019Estonie<\/strong>.<br \/>\nNous nous rendons directement au camping du port \u00ab\u00a0<strong>Las Piritas<\/strong>\u00a0\u00bb et organisons la suite de notre voyage.<br \/>\nSylke fait une petite crise m\u00e9t\u00e9o en voyant que les prochains jours annoncent un temps changeant et assez frais dans les <strong>pays baltes<\/strong>, (entre 13\u00b0C et 15\u00b0C au plus chaud de la journ\u00e9e) alors qu\u2019au <strong>sud de Vilnius<\/strong> il fait grand soleil et 24\u00b0C.<br \/>\nOn va laisser la nuit nous porter conseil et revoir la situation demain apr\u00e8s la visite de <strong>Tallinn<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: medium;\"><em><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">The ferry only has to cross 80km of the Baltic Sea to get to <strong>Tallinn the capital of Estonia<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeudi 24 ao\u00fbt<br \/>\n<\/strong>Petit pays, situ\u00e9 le plus au nord des trois pays baltes l\u2019<strong>Estonie<\/strong> est grande comme la <strong>Suisse<\/strong> mais compte seulement 1,3 millions d\u2019habitants, dont pr\u00e8s de la moiti\u00e9 vivent \u00e0 <strong>Tallinn<\/strong>, la capitale.<br \/>\nLa vielle ville de <strong>Tallin<\/strong> a \u00e9t\u00e9 b\u00e2tie \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque de la <strong>ligue de Hanse<\/strong>, entre le XIII et le XVI<sup>\u00e8me<\/sup> si\u00e8cle.<br \/>\nL\u00e0, pas moyen de comprendre quoi que ce soit Avec ses ruelles pav\u00e9es, ses lampadaires de fer forg\u00e9, ses clochers gothiques et ses march\u00e9s m\u00e9di\u00e9vaux c\u2019est un v\u00e9ritable bijou.<br \/>\nNous en parcourons les rues et les places durant tout l\u2019apr\u00e8s-midi.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\">Estonia is the most northern country of the <strong>3 Baltic countries<\/strong>.<br \/>\nAll three countries obtained <strong>independence<\/strong> from the Soviet Union <strong>in 1991<\/strong> and are members of the <strong>European Union<\/strong> since 2015.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\">During roughly <strong>1000 years they were occupied<\/strong> by the Danish, the Swedish, the Russians, the Germans and then again by the Russians.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Estonia<\/strong> is about as small as Switzerland but has only <strong>1.3 million inhabitants<\/strong> of which close to 50% live in Tallinn. It has a <strong>fast growing economy<\/strong> and since independence has rapidly developed its <strong>IT sector<\/strong>, becoming one of the words most digitally advanced societies. Tallinn is often called the Silicon Valley of Europe with the highest number of startups per person in Europe. Did you know that <strong>Skype was developed here<\/strong>!<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">If you visit Estonia you can somewhat feel this dynamic economy in Tallinn, where new office buildings with creative architecture can be seen outside of the historic town center and free internet is available in all public places and coffees. However, the country side is a very different story where retired people with a pension of 300 \u20ac per month struggle to pay rapidly increasing prices for food and electricity\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/tallin-place-panorama\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3611\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3611\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Tallin-place-panorama.jpg?resize=584%2C345&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Tallin-place-panorama.jpg?w=2538&amp;ssl=1 2538w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Tallin-place-panorama.jpg?resize=300%2C177&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Tallin-place-panorama.jpg?resize=768%2C453&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Tallin-place-panorama.jpg?resize=1024%2C604&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Tallin-place-panorama.jpg?resize=624%2C368&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Tallin-place-panorama.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Tallin-place-panorama.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/09-p1010582\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3601\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3601\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/09-P1010582.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/09-P1010582.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/09-P1010582.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/09-P1010582.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/09-P1010582.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/06-p1010579\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3598\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3598\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/06-P1010579.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/06-P1010579.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/06-P1010579.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/06-P1010579.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/06-P1010579.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/02-p1010564\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3594\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3594\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/02-P1010564.jpg?resize=584%2C876&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/02-P1010564.jpg?w=683&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/02-P1010564.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/02-P1010564.jpg?resize=624%2C936&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/03-p1010569\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3595\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3595\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/03-P1010569.jpg?resize=584%2C876&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/03-P1010569.jpg?w=683&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/03-P1010569.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/03-P1010569.jpg?resize=624%2C936&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Un petit creux se fait sentir. C&#8217;est le moment de nous rendre dans un petit restaurant isol\u00e9 du tourisme qui propose une cuisine comme \u00e0 la maison, o\u00f9 c&#8217;est en guignant dans les casseroles que l&#8217;on choisit ce que l&#8217;on veut manger.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Tallinn\u2019s Old Town<\/strong> is one of the <strong>best preserved medieval cities in Europe<\/strong>. It is great to just stroll through the cobblestone streets and admire the beautiful houses.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">In the evening we eat outside the touristy center in a cosy little restaurant where you can chose your meal from 3 big pots on the stove. Just like at grandmas<\/span> <\/em>&#x1f60a;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/restaurant-tallinn\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3711\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3711\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Restaurant-Tallinn.jpg?resize=584%2C438&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Restaurant-Tallinn.jpg?w=1632&amp;ssl=1 1632w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Restaurant-Tallinn.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Restaurant-Tallinn.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Restaurant-Tallinn.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Restaurant-Tallinn.jpg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Restaurant-Tallinn.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vendredi 25 ao\u00fbt<br \/>\n<\/strong>Il pleut toute la journ\u00e9e, et seulement 12\u00b0C\u00a0!!!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>August 25.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>A low pressure zone hits us with rain all day and 10-12degrees.\u00a0Perfect for reading and working a bit on the blog.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>(just don&#8217;t look at the weather at home, 28 degrees<\/em> <\/span>&#x1f629;<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">).<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/tasse-de-the\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3716\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3716\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Tasse-de-th%C3%A9.jpg?resize=584%2C708&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Tasse-de-th%C3%A9.jpg?w=1104&amp;ssl=1 1104w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Tasse-de-th%C3%A9.jpg?resize=248%2C300&amp;ssl=1 248w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Tasse-de-th%C3%A9.jpg?resize=768%2C931&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Tasse-de-th%C3%A9.jpg?resize=845%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 845w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Tasse-de-th%C3%A9.jpg?resize=624%2C756&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On d\u00e9cide de rester au camping, de se mettre au chaud et d\u2019avancer avec l\u2019article du blog.<br \/>\n\u00c7a va aussi\u00a0!!!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Samedi 26 ao\u00fbt<br \/>\n<\/strong>La pluie s\u2019est calm\u00e9e et l\u2019on en profite pour commencer notre tour \u00e0 travers l\u2019<strong>Estonie<\/strong>.<br \/>\nEn suivant la c\u00f4te nord en direction de la Russie, notre premier arr\u00eat sera pour les chutes de <strong>J\u00e4gala<\/strong>.<br \/>\nR\u00e9put\u00e9es les plus hautes du pays avec leurs 8 m\u00e8tres de hauteur, ces chutes atteignent une largeur de 70 m\u00e8tres durant les p\u00e9riodes de fort d\u00e9bit, c\u2019est-\u00e0-dire au printemps et en automne. L\u2019eau des cours d\u2019eau et des lacs scandinaves est g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement charg\u00e9e d\u2019oxyde de fer, ce qui lui conf\u00e8re une couleur brun\u00e2tre que l\u2019on distingue tr\u00e8s bien dans cette chute.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>August 26<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\">We leave Tallinn direction east (only 200km to the Russian border) and time our visits with the little dry slots the rainy weather offers.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">First stop at the <strong>J\u00e4gala waterfall<\/strong>. It is the biggest\u00a0of the country with\u00a0<strong>70m width. <\/strong>At least\u00a0in Spring and autumn. Even more than in Sweden and Finland the water here is brown reddish from iron oxide.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/1-p1010592-001\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3624\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3624\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1-P1010592-001.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1-P1010592-001.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1-P1010592-001.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1-P1010592-001.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1-P1010592-001.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Toujours en longeant la route c\u00f4ti\u00e8re, nous faisons halte \u00e0 la <strong>Tour de garde de Kiiu.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">Next stop along edge cost is the <strong>Kiiiu tower<\/strong>. It is a <strong>medieval defensive tower house<\/strong> build in 1520 by the local lord of the manor Fabian von Tiesenhausen. In times of war or unrest the whole family moved into this tower.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/3-p1010596\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3626\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3626\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/3-P1010596.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/3-P1010596.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/3-P1010596.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/3-P1010596.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/3-P1010596.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cette tour, datant de <strong>1517<\/strong>, faisait partie d\u2019une exploitation agricole et servait d\u2019abri \u00e0 la famille lorsque des conflits s\u00e9vissaient dans la r\u00e9gion.<br \/>\nAujourd\u2019hui, <strong>Mare et Letha<\/strong>, deux dames retrait\u00e9es, re\u00e7oivent les touristes de passage et leur racontent l\u2019histoire de la tour et proposent caf\u00e9 et biscuits faits maison.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Today <strong>Mare<\/strong> and <strong>Letha<\/strong> two sweet retired ladies welcome us. They\u00a0<strong>tell the story of the building<\/strong> and serve us coffee and home made Estonian cake. Both are retired and improve their pension this way. We also learn a bit about their life under the Russian regime and that life fore retired people is harder now, even though all the rest is definitely better they say. What a pity that we can only communicate through Letha\u2019s limited English.<\/em> <\/span>&#x1f625;<a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/4-p1010598\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3627\">\u00a0<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3627\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/4-P1010598.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/4-P1010598.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/4-P1010598.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/4-P1010598.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/4-P1010598.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>C\u2019est reparti pour un petit bout et comme il est temps de faire une lessive, nous cherchons dans notre guide un camping disposant d\u2019une machine \u00e0 laver le linge et d\u2019un s\u00e9choir.<br \/>\nLe \u00ab\u00a0<strong>Mereoja<\/strong>\u00a0\u00bb, un peu plus loin sur la c\u00f4te offre tout ce dont nous avons besoin et c\u2019est donc l\u00e0 que nous terminons cette journ\u00e9e.<br \/>\nCe soir, nous participons \u00e0 une tradition scandinave ( <strong>The Bonfire night \/ La nuit des grands feux<\/strong> ). Datant du temps des <strong>Vikings<\/strong> qui allumaient des feux sur les c\u00f4tes de la mer Baltique pour avertir d\u2019un danger, cette tradition a \u00e9t\u00e9 reprise par la Finlande en 1992, \u00e0 l\u2019occasion du 75 anniversaire de son ind\u00e9pendance.<br \/>\nDepuis, elle s\u2019est r\u00e9pandue dans tous les pays bordant la Baltique en signe d\u2019unification de ces populations, qui sont invit\u00e9es, chaque <strong>dernier samedi du mois d\u2019ao\u00fbt \u00e0 20h30<\/strong> pour l\u2019<strong>Estonie<\/strong>, d\u2019allumer un feu sur la plage afin que de chaque endroit au moins 3 feux soient visibles.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\">In the evening we look for a campground with washing machine and find the perfect place called Mereoja. Right at the cliff to the see and with a little sauna.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\">From the owner we learn that tonight is the <strong>night of the \u201cAncient Lights\u201d.<\/strong> A <strong>tradition from the Vikings<\/strong> to light bonfires at the cost to guide their ships into safe harbour. This tradition was revived by the Finish in 1992 to celebrate 75 years of independence. Today this tradition is adopted by more and more people at the coast of the Baltic see on the last Saturday of August each year as a sign of unification.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/bonfire-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3672\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3672\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Bonfire-2.jpg?resize=584%2C438&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Bonfire-2.jpg?w=1632&amp;ssl=1 1632w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Bonfire-2.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Bonfire-2.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Bonfire-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Bonfire-2.jpg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Bonfire-2.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dimanche 27 ao\u00fbt<br \/>\n<\/strong>Lessive faite, nous reprenons la route, toujours vers l\u2019est et allons jusqu\u2019\u00e0 la fronti\u00e8re russe.<br \/>\nUn petit arr\u00eat en route dans la r\u00e9serve naturelle d\u2019<strong>Ontika<\/strong>, o\u00f9 l\u2019on peut y admirer la <strong>cascade de Valaste.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Cette partie de la c\u00f4te \u00e9tant bord\u00e9e de falaises, cela a oblig\u00e9 la rivi\u00e8re de chuter d\u2019une hauteur de 30 m\u00e8tres et ainsi cr\u00e9er cette curiosit\u00e9 touristique.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>August 28<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\">We continue direction Russian border and visit the <strong>waterfall of Valaste<\/strong> that drops 30m off the cliff into the Baltic Sea. We realize that the sight will be more impressive in spring with the snow melting.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/01-p1010602\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3628\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3628\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/01-P1010602.jpg?resize=584%2C876&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/01-P1010602.jpg?w=683&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/01-P1010602.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/01-P1010602.jpg?resize=624%2C936&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Une heure plus tard, nous arrivons \u00e0 <strong>Narva<\/strong>, ville fronti\u00e8re avec la Russie.<br \/>\nLa ville, malgr\u00e9 qu\u2019elle soit rattach\u00e9e \u00e0 l\u2019Estonie est en majorit\u00e9 peupl\u00e9e par des Russes qui avaient choisi de rester l\u00e0 apr\u00e8s la chute du communisme en 1991.<br \/>\nOn y trouve encore beaucoup d\u2019immeubles de l\u2019\u00e9poque communiste qui sont aujourd\u2019hui plut\u00f4t d\u00e9cr\u00e9pis.<br \/>\nCe qui surprend en s\u2019approchant de la <strong>fronti\u00e8re Russe<\/strong> est de voir que celle-ci est ferm\u00e9e par des portails grillag\u00e9s qui laissent entrer une seule voiture \u00e0 la fois. Celle-ci subit alors un contr\u00f4le approfondi jusque sous le capot moteur.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">One hour later we arrive at <strong>Narva<\/strong> at the <strong>Russian border<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\">The town belongs to Estonia but is mainly inhabited by Russians. During the Soviet regime mainly due to forced relocation the number of Russians in Estonia had grown from 23\u2019000 to 550\u2019000 many returned home in the first years after 1991. Today 320\u2019000 Russians (24% of the population) still live in Estland mainly concentrated in the north\u00a0and east of the country and many still struggle with integration.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span lang=\"EN-US\">The town was heavily destroyed during WW II and today many buildings constructed during communist times are in bad shape. Despite this and the impressively fenced Russian border ( cars enter one by one and get searched thoroughly) the town shows a friendly face with a well restored huge medieval fortress and a lovely park all along the river that separated both countries.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/08-p1010622\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3635\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3635\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/08-P1010622.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/08-P1010622.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/08-P1010622.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/08-P1010622.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/08-P1010622.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Un magnifique ch\u00e2teau-fort (<strong>Le fort d\u2019Hermann ou fort de Narva<\/strong>) a \u00e9t\u00e9 construit \u00e0 cet endroit au 13<sup>\u00e8me<\/sup> si\u00e8cle par les Danois qui occupaient la r\u00e9gion \u00e0 cette \u00e9poque.<br \/>\nIl devient une forteresse su\u00e9doise, lorsqu\u2019au 16<sup>\u00e8me<\/sup> si\u00e8cle, le royaume de Su\u00e8de se rend ma\u00eetre de la r\u00e9gion.<br \/>\nIl est pris ensuite par les Russes, lors des conqu\u00eates de Pierre le Grand.<br \/>\nAyant subi de gros dommages lors de la derni\u00e8re guerre mondiale, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 restaur\u00e9 et sert aujourd\u2019hui de mus\u00e9e racontant son histoire \u00e0 travers les \u00e2ges.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>The impressive <strong>Nava fortress<\/strong> was constructed by the Danish during the 13th century.<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: medium;\"><em><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/03-p1010610\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3630\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3630\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/03-P1010610.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/03-P1010610.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/03-P1010610.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/03-P1010610.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/03-P1010610.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pendant la saison d\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9, des artisans locaux font d\u00e9couvrir leurs produits \u00e0 l\u2019occasion d\u2019un march\u00e9 m\u00e9di\u00e9val sis dans la cour du ch\u00e2teau.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/06-p1010618\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3633\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3633\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/06-P1010618.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/06-P1010618.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/06-P1010618.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/06-P1010618.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/06-P1010618.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A la sortie de la ville, tout en longeant une for\u00eat, notre regard est attir\u00e9 par une explosion de couleurs au sein de celle-ci. Intrigu\u00e9s, nous nous arr\u00eatons et d\u00e9couvrons que c\u2019est le cimeti\u00e8re du lieu. Sur plus de 2 kilom\u00e8tres, enti\u00e8rement situ\u00e9 sous le couvert de la for\u00eat de pins, le cimeti\u00e8re comprend des centaines de tombes, toutes magnifiquement fleuries.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: medium;\"><em><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">At our departure from the town we discover\u00a0a cemetery in the middle of the forest. Under the pine trees all graves are decorated with colourful flours. We discover later that all cemeteries here are in the forest shaded by pine trees which creates a very pleasant, somewhat protected atmosphere. A really nice tradition we find!<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/11-p1010628\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3638\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3638\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/11-P1010628.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/11-P1010628.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/11-P1010628.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/11-P1010628.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/11-P1010628.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On entame maintenant notre progression vers le sud.<br \/>\nArriv\u00e9s \u00e0 <strong>Kurm\u00e4e<\/strong>, nous visitons le couvent de <strong>P\u00fchtitsa<\/strong>.<br \/>\nEn 1888, une nonne est envoy\u00e9e depuis le monast\u00e8re de <strong>Kostroma Ipatiev<\/strong> pour \u00e9tablir ce couvent.<br \/>\nSix \u00e9glises, d\u00e9di\u00e9es \u00e0 diff\u00e9rents saints font partie du couvent dont la plus remarquable est la <strong>Cath\u00e9drale orthodoxe russe achev\u00e9e en 1910.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">From here we turn south along the Easter border and arrive at <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>P\u00fchtisa convent<\/strong> that was founded in 1888. During our visit the Sunday orthodox evening mess starts. The Cathedral fills up very quickly (mainly with Russian speaking people). Something we have not seen for any of the catholic or Protestant churches here. Apparently many Estonias are atheists or neopagans. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/14-p1010636\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3641\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3641\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/14-P1010636.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/14-P1010636.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/14-P1010636.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/14-P1010636.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/14-P1010636.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/17-p1010641\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3644\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3644\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/17-P1010641.jpg?resize=584%2C876&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/17-P1010641.jpg?w=683&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/17-P1010641.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/17-P1010641.jpg?resize=624%2C936&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>C\u2019est au bord de la rive nord du <strong>lac Peipsi<\/strong> que nous faisons halte pour la nuit.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">We spend the night at the sandy beaches of <strong>lake Peipsi<\/strong>, which is the <strong>biggest lake<\/strong> of the Baltic countries (6 times lake Geneva) and forms the boarder between Estonia and Russia.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lundi 28 ao\u00fbt<br \/>\n<\/strong>Au r\u00e9veil ce matin, nous avons la bonne surprise de voir que le soleil a refait son apparition.<br \/>\nMais ce n\u2019est pas la seule bonne surprise du matin.<br \/>\nEn nous baladant dans la for\u00eat autour de l\u2019Azala\u00ef, nous nous apercevons que le sol est par endroit tapiss\u00e9 de <strong>myrtilles<\/strong>, mais aussi d\u2019<strong>airelles<\/strong>, et cerise sur le g\u00e2teau, de <strong>chanterelles<\/strong>.<br \/>\nLe temps de r\u00e9cup\u00e9rer des r\u00e9cipients et c\u2019est parti pour la cueillette.<br \/>\nUne petite heure plus tard, ce sont <strong>500g de myrtilles, 500g d\u2019airelles et 850g de chanterelles<\/strong> que nous avons r\u00e9colt\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>In the morning we see that the forest along the beach is full of <strong>blueberries, cranberries<\/strong> and even <strong>chanterelles!<\/strong> 1 hour later we have picked 500g of each of the berries and 850g of mushrooms! So we know what will be on the menu for the next days!<\/em> <\/span>&#x1f60b;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/5-p1010649\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3649\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3649\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/5-P1010649.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/5-P1010649.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/5-P1010649.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/5-P1010649.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/5-P1010649.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>En d\u00e9but d\u2019apr\u00e8s-midi, nous reprenons la route et restons le long de la c\u00f4te de ce grand lac jusqu\u2019\u00e0 <strong>Kallaste<\/strong>.<br \/>\nIci, ce sont des <strong>falaises de sable rouge<\/strong> qui bordent le rivage et donnent \u00e0 l\u2019endroit un charme particulier.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Apart from wonderful sandy beaches, <strong>lake Peipsi<\/strong> has intensely <strong>red cliffs<\/strong>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/4-p1010646\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3648\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3648\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/4-P1010646.jpg?resize=584%2C876&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/4-P1010646.jpg?w=683&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/4-P1010646.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/4-P1010646.jpg?resize=624%2C936&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A peine repartis que\u00a0 nous apercevons l&#8217;un des habitants du village assis devant un petit \u00e9talage de l\u00e9gumes.<br \/>\nComme nous aimons bien les produits du jardin, nous lui en achetons quelques uns.<br \/>\nEn lui demandant le prix, on comprend vaguement que tout est \u00e0 2\u20ac le kilo.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">One more time we regret that we don&#8217;t speak any local language while we buy vegetables from an old man that certainly also tries to improve his pension by selling vegetables from his garden.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/2-p1010644\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3646\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3646\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2-P1010644.jpg?resize=584%2C876&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2-P1010644.jpg?w=683&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2-P1010644.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2-P1010644.jpg?resize=624%2C936&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On continue notre route jusqu\u2019\u00e0 <strong>Tartu <\/strong>o\u00f9 nous trouvons un joli endroit au bord de la rivi\u00e8re <strong>Emaj\u00f6gi<\/strong> pour passer la nuit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mardi 29 ao\u00fbt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Au petit matin, les p\u00eacheurs sont \u00e0 l&#8217;oeuvre au bord d&#8217;une rivi\u00e8re brumeuse.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From here the old <strong>university town Tartu<\/strong> is our next destination. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Fishing seems to be a national sport in Estonia and we see people fishing at any lake and river.<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">And again early this morning (sunny<\/span><\/em> &#x1f600;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>, but chilly) a\u00a0fisherman joins us at the river where we have spent the night.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/02-p1010653\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3651\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3651\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/02-P1010653.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/02-P1010653.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/02-P1010653.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/02-P1010653.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/02-P1010653.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>La plus grande partie de la journ\u00e9e est consacr\u00e9e \u00e0 la visite de la ville.<br \/>\n<strong>Tartu<\/strong> est avec ses pr\u00e8s de <strong>100&#8217;000 habitants<\/strong> la deuxi\u00e8me plus grande ville d\u2019<strong>Estonie<\/strong> apr\u00e8s <strong>Tallinn<\/strong>.<br \/>\nElle est aussi <strong>ville universitaire depuis 1632<\/strong> et aujourd\u2019hui, les \u00e9tudiants repr\u00e9sentent 25% de la population.<br \/>\nAu centre de la vielle ville, sur la place <strong>Raekoja<\/strong> se trouve le tr\u00e8s joli <strong>h\u00f4tel de ville datant du 18<sup>\u00e8me <\/sup><\/strong>si\u00e8cle, devant lequel une fontaine, repr\u00e9sentant un couple d\u2019\u00e9tudiants s\u2019embrassant sous un parapluie leur est d\u00e9di\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: medium;\"><em><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><strong>Tartu<\/strong> is the second biggest city of the country with <strong>100\u2019000 inhabitants<\/strong>. It is home to the nation\u2019s oldest university created by the Swedish in 1632. The students represent 25% of the cities population which makes it a <strong>very young and lively place<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: medium;\"><em><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">Even the fountain in front of the town hall represents a kissing student couple.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/10-p1010667\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3659\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3659\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/10-P1010667.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/10-P1010667.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/10-P1010667.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/10-P1010667.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/10-P1010667.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/06-p1010661\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3655\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3655\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/06-P1010661.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/06-P1010661.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/06-P1010661.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/06-P1010661.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/06-P1010661.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>De l\u00e0, partent les rues pi\u00e9tonnes dans 2 directions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/04-p1010656\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3653\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3653\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/04-P1010656.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/04-P1010656.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/04-P1010656.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/04-P1010656.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/04-P1010656.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Au d\u00e9but de l\u2019une d\u2019elle, se trouve la <strong>maison pench\u00e9e<\/strong>, l\u2019une des curiosit\u00e9s de la ville.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">You have to look closely but this house <strong>leans seriously <\/strong>towards the left!<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/13-p1010671\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3662\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3662\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/13-P1010671.jpg?resize=584%2C876&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/13-P1010671.jpg?w=683&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/13-P1010671.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/13-P1010671.jpg?resize=624%2C936&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/08-p1010664\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3657\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3657\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/08-P1010664.jpg?resize=584%2C876&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/08-P1010664.jpg?w=683&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/08-P1010664.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/08-P1010664.jpg?resize=624%2C936&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nous visitons aussi le quartier boh\u00e9mien avec ses jolies maisons de bois&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">We do a tour of the older part of the town with the <strong>typical wooden houses<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/16-p1010678\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3665\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3665\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/16-P1010678.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/16-P1010678.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/16-P1010678.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/16-P1010678.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/16-P1010678.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;..et parcourons le sentier qui longe la rivi\u00e8re <strong>Emaj\u00f6gi <\/strong>qui et le centre d\u2019int\u00e9r\u00eat des p\u00eacheurs, des cano\u00e9istes et autres baigneurs qui n\u2019h\u00e9sitent pas \u00e0 aller nager dans une eau \u00e0 15\u00b0C.<br \/>\nNos pas nous am\u00e8nent dans la cour d\u2019une vielle usine de sous-marins (qui fabriquait des fermetures \u00e9clair factices pour tromper la population), aujourd\u2019hui convertie en locaux pour le d\u00e9marrage de nouvelles start-up.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">And finally get to a <strong>disused submarine factory<\/strong> which\u00a0also manufactured fake sips to hide its true occupation. The building is <strong>revived<\/strong> now <strong>for startups<\/strong> including some <strong>creative restaurants<\/strong> where we taste a cappuccino from coffee roasted on site and Indian, vegan ice cream made from cashew nut milk and cardamom.<\/span> <\/em>&#x1f60b;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/15-p1010676\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3664\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3664\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/15-P1010676.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/15-P1010676.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/15-P1010676.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/15-P1010676.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/15-P1010676.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>De retour \u00e0 l\u2019Azala\u00ef, nous reprenons notre progression et parcourons encore une quarantaine de kilom\u00e8tres pour rejoindre les bords de la rivi\u00e8re <strong>Elva<\/strong>. Nous passons la nuit sur un parking en milieu de for\u00eat, point de d\u00e9part d\u2019une randonn\u00e9e que nous ferons demain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mercredi 30 ao\u00fbt<br \/>\n<\/strong>Petit d\u00e9jeuner l\u00e9ger avant d\u2019entamer la randonn\u00e9e car \u00e0 midi nous avons pr\u00e9vu d\u2019aller manger la truite dans un cadre enchanteur.<br \/>\nLa randonn\u00e9e serpente \u00e0 travers la for\u00eat puis rejoint les bords de la rivi\u00e8re <strong>Elva&#8230;..<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>August 30.<br \/>\n<\/strong>A short 6km <strong>hike<\/strong> along the <strong>river Elva<\/strong> brings us to\u00a0our main\u00a0destination\u00a0of the day&#8230;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/01-p1010684\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3679\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3679\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/01-P1010684.jpg?resize=584%2C876&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/01-P1010684.jpg?w=683&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/01-P1010684.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/01-P1010684.jpg?resize=624%2C936&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/02-p1010687\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3680\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3680\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/02-P1010687.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/02-P1010687.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/02-P1010687.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/02-P1010687.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/02-P1010687.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;.avant de rejoindre, apr\u00e8s 6 kilom\u00e8tres de marche, le restaurant aux truites.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">A\u00a0<strong>fish restaurant<\/strong> right at the river<\/span><\/em> &#x1f60a;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/04-p1010689\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3682\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/04-P1010689.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/04-P1010689.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/04-P1010689.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/04-P1010689.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/04-P1010689.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/05-p1010690\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3683\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3683\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/05-P1010690.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/05-P1010690.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/05-P1010690.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/05-P1010690.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/05-P1010690.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>L\u2019endroit est magnifique. Directement au bord de la rivi\u00e8re, ce restaurant de plein air donne le choix de s\u2019installer sur de petites estacades sur le cours d\u2019eau ou autour de 2 \u00e9tangs dont l\u2019un est occup\u00e9 par une bonne cinquantaine de truites.<br \/>\nD\u00e8s notre arriv\u00e9e, on nous met chacun une canne \u00e0 p\u00eache \u00e0 disposition avec 3 sortes d\u2019app\u00e2ts.<br \/>\nApr\u00e8s une dizaine de minutes, Michel ferre une grosse truite et s\u2019appr\u00eate \u00e0 la filocher&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>The idea is to fish your trout<\/strong>. It\u00a0is then\u00a0hot smoked and served with potatoes and salad.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>We get equipped with two fishing rods and get started. I have never fished before. Michel&#8217;s father was a passionate trout fisher but Michel hasn&#8217;t inherited\u00a0much of the passion nor the skills. Great start!<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Even though there are lots of trout in the small pond <strong>we try in vain<\/strong>. Michel has one on the rod for a few seconds but then loses it again. That&#8217;s all!<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Desperate we ask for help and the cook himself catches one for us in 10 second! Shame on us! in a country of passionate fisherman this is <strong>rather embarrassing<\/strong>.<\/em><\/span> &#x1f633;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/07-p1010692\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3685\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3685\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/07-P1010692.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/07-P1010692.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/07-P1010692.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/07-P1010692.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/07-P1010692.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;. quand celle-ci, d\u2019un vigoureux coup de queue arrive \u00e0 se d\u00e9crocher. Zut\u00a0! Rat\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Depuis ce moment, plus aucun poisson ne s\u2019int\u00e9resse aux app\u00e2ts propos\u00e9s et c\u2019est le cuisinier lui-m\u00eame qui vient nous proposer un coup de main.<br \/>\nIl prend une canne, trempe l\u2019hame\u00e7on dans l\u2019eau sans app\u00e2t, et 10 secondes plus tard il ferre une truite qui finit dans la filoche en un clin d\u2019\u0153il.<br \/>\nD\u00e9\u00e7us de notre prestation, nous devons nous rendre \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9vidence que nous avons encore un long chemin \u00e0 faire si nous voulons nous convertir \u00e0 la p\u00eache.<br \/>\nLa truite est dispos\u00e9e sur une feuille d\u2019aluminium avec citron et petites herbes et mise dans un fumoir pour quelques minutes.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Never mind, the fish is delicious and we are <strong>much more successful in eating it all<\/strong>.<\/span><\/em> &#x1f601;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/09-p1010695\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3687\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3687\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/09-P1010695.jpg?resize=584%2C876&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/09-P1010695.jpg?w=683&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/09-P1010695.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/09-P1010695.jpg?resize=624%2C936&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/10-p1010698\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3688\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3688\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/10-P1010698.jpg?resize=584%2C876&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/10-P1010698.jpg?w=683&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/10-P1010698.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/10-P1010698.jpg?resize=624%2C936&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>En attendant, le propri\u00e9taire nous invite \u00e0 d\u00e9guster un produit de son cru.<br \/>\nUne eau de vie de pomme tir\u00e9e \u00e0 71% d&#8217;alcool.<br \/>\nFaut s&#8217;accrocher, \u00e7a d\u00e9coiffe et\u00a0donne des couleurs !<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">While the meal is being prepared for us, comes the second test. &#8220;Can you tell how much alcohol is in this schnapps? <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Shame again, we guess anything between 40 and 50%. But had we known that it is 71% at least I would have taken a smaller sip! It really burns in the throat for a long time !!!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/alcool\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3755\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3755\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Alcool.jpg?resize=584%2C779&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Alcool.jpg?w=1224&amp;ssl=1 1224w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Alcool.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Alcool.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Alcool.jpg?resize=624%2C832&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Alcool.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>C&#8217;est un bon moment et un d\u00e9licieux repas !<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/11-p1010700\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3689\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3689\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/11-P1010700.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/11-P1010700.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/11-P1010700.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/11-P1010700.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/11-P1010700.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nous quittons l\u2019endroit \u00e0 regret mais le prochain endroit o\u00f9 nous nous rendons promet d\u2019\u00eatre pas mal non plus.<br \/>\nC\u2019est au bord d\u2019un petit lac, par un soleil radieux et une temp\u00e9rature estivale que nous passons le reste de l\u2019apr\u00e8s-midi \u00e0 dig\u00e9rer notre repas.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">We spend the afternoon at the next lake and digest.<\/span><\/em> &#x1f634;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/16-p1010708\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3694\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3694\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/16-P1010708.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/16-P1010708.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/16-P1010708.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/16-P1010708.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/16-P1010708.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/13-p1010703\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3691\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3691\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/13-P1010703.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/13-P1010703.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/13-P1010703.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/13-P1010703.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/13-P1010703.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Et en prime, un joli coucher de soleil.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: medium;\"><em><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">And are rewarded by a splendid sundown!<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/17-p1010710\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3695\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3695\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/17-P1010710.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/17-P1010710.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/17-P1010710.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/17-P1010710.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/17-P1010710.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Malgr\u00e9 l&#8217;heure tardive, nous d\u00e9cidons de faire encore une heure de route juste avant la nuit pour rejoindre un site de cano\u00eb qui propose la visite d\u2019une gorge sinuant entre des falaises de couleur rouge.<br \/>\n\u00c7a c\u2019est pour demain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeudi 31 ao\u00fbt<br \/>\n<\/strong>Grand soleil et douceur nous accueillent au r\u00e9veil. La journ\u00e9e s\u2019annonce bien\u00a0!<br \/>\nPetite d\u00e9sillusion un peu plus tard lorsque nous nous renseignons pour notre sortie en cano\u00eb.<br \/>\nC\u2019est la fin de la saison et sans r\u00e9servation il n\u2019est pas possible d\u2019en louer un \u00e0 l\u2019improviste.<br \/>\nBon, tant pis\u00a0! Au lieu de descendre la rivi\u00e8re au fil de l\u2019eau, nous faisons le trajet \u00e0 pied. C\u2019est joli aussi\u00a0!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>August 31.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>With the quickly changing weather here we have taken the habit to check the forecast:<br \/>\nOne more sunny day and then rain again.<\/em><\/span> &#x1f62c;<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>To make the most out of it\u00a0we decide for a <strong>canoeing tour in a\u00a0gorge<\/strong>. <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>We are all motivated and look for a place to hire.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>To our dismay we discover that we are now <strong>outside the season<\/strong> and unless planned ahead <strong>canoeing<\/strong> <strong>is not possible<\/strong>.<\/em><\/span> &#x1f622;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Ok we <strong>walk instead<\/strong>\u2026 and still enjoy the day<\/em> <\/span>&#x1f60a;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/2-p1010716\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3698\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3698\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2-P1010716.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2-P1010716.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2-P1010716.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2-P1010716.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2-P1010716.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apr\u00e8s cela, nous retournons \u00e0 <strong>Otep\u00e4\u00e4<\/strong> et \u00e0 deux pas de l\u00e0, une place de parc nich\u00e9e au bord d\u2019un petit lac nous accueille pour la nuit.<br \/>\nLe temps \u00e9tant id\u00e9al pour une baignade, Michel ne s\u2019en prive pas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vendredi 1<sup>er<\/sup> septembre<br \/>\n<\/strong> Journ\u00e9e maussade comme annonc\u00e9e hier par la m\u00e9t\u00e9o.<br \/>\nNous la passons majoritairement dans <strong>l\u2019h\u00f4tel Spa P\u00fchaj\u00e4rve \u00e0 Otep\u00e4\u00e4 <\/strong>et profitons m\u00eame d\u2019un massage complet du corps.<br \/>\nEn fin d\u2019apr\u00e8s-midi, nous reprenons la route jusqu\u2019\u00e0 la <strong>fronti\u00e8re du pays<\/strong> que nous quittons pour entrer en <strong>Lettonie.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Next day:<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>What best can you do with a cold rainy day?<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Go to the SPA: sauna, swimming, massage<\/em><\/span> &#x1f634;.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Another perfect day!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Very relaxed we cross the border to Latvia&#8230;<\/span> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/1-p1010726\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3700\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3700\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1-P1010726.jpg?resize=584%2C393&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1-P1010726.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1-P1010726.jpg?resize=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1-P1010726.jpg?resize=768%2C517&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1-P1010726.jpg?resize=624%2C420&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nous roulons jusqu\u2019\u00e0 <strong>Aluksne<\/strong> et terminons la journ\u00e9e sur la rive d\u2019un autre joli petit lac.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8230; and spend the night at another pretty lake.<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(Yes there are many lakes in the Baltic countries \ud83d\ude09 ).<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/3-p1010729\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3702\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3702\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/3-P1010729.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/3-P1010729.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/3-P1010729.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/3-P1010729.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/3-P1010729.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>C&#8217;est aussi l\u00e0 que nous terminons cet article en esp\u00e9rant vous avoir procur\u00e9 du plaisir dans sa lecture.<br \/>\nNous vous donnons rendez-vous d&#8217;ici un mois pour le suivant qui va traiter de notre passage en\u00a0<strong>Lettonie, Lituanie, Pologne, un peu de Tch\u00e9quie\u00a0et Autriche<\/strong>.<br \/>\nCe sera d&#8217;ailleurs notre dernier article de\u00a0la saison, apr\u00e8s c&#8217;est retour \u00e0 la maison.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>This is it for the moment. We hope you have all spend a great summer and are returning happily to work while we <strong>continue our trip<\/strong> through\u00a0<strong>Latvia<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Lithuania<\/strong> and then return home via\u00a0eastern\u00a0<strong>Poland,<\/strong> a little bit of\u00a0<strong>Czech Republik\u00a0<\/strong>and <strong>Austria&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Amiti\u00e9s de Milke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/15-p1010676\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3664\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nous venons de quitter la\u00a0Su\u00e8de et\u00a0arrivons maintenant aux \u00eeles \u00c5land, situ\u00e9es entre Stockholm et la c\u00f4te finlandaise. We leave Sweden direction Finland on Friday August 3rd from Kapellsk\u00e4r slightly north-east of Stockholm. Nous nous rendons \u00e0 Kapellsk\u00e4r, lieu de d\u00e9part &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/finlande-st-petersbourg-et-estonie\/\">Continuer la lecture <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3445"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3772,"href":"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3445\/revisions\/3772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milke.fr\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}