This video is all about our journey from Latvia to Estonia, to catch a ferry across to FINLAND! We drive, uber, ferry, and train, all modes of transportation were necessary for this long travel day. Thank you, Travel Gods, for letting this day work out the way it did!
About Us A Texan and Marylander join forces in travel and exploration to form: PEREGRINATION TRAVEL! We are Zach and Leah, a couple most recently residing in Texas who decided to quit everything and go on an adventure around the world. Our goal is to reach all 7 continents. That's right. ALL SEVEN CONTINENTS. Join us on this crazy adventure, and hopefully, you'll be inspired to start your own unique journey! Go peregrinate!
Look, it's got like all the stuff behind me.
It's crazy.
What's up, Pew Nation?
It's a beautiful day here in the Baltics.
And today we are getting in our car and heading to...
Tallinn.
So we're starting out here in Riga, Latvia.
And then we are driving four hours north to Tallinn, Estonia.
And then getting on a ferry to Helsinki, Finland.
We are doing three capitals in one day.
It's about to be crazy.
Drove two hours to our first stop, which is Hesburger.
Our new favorite Scandinavian burger restaurant.
Hes-mega-burger.
That was good. I'm so full.
We are now headed an hour and 45 minutes to the airport to return our car.
Then get on our ferry.
And just like that, two hours later, we have made it to Tallinn, Estonia.
Hopefully we can return this car without getting any extra charges.
Okay, as you can tell, we just got charged a lot.
No, I'm kidding.
We are now about to get in our Uber.
About to head on this ferry.
It's going to take two hours to Helsinki.
However, we only have one hour to do so.
So we've got to get on an Uber.
We've got to print our tickets.
And we've got to go to the grocery store to get our sandwiches for this ride all within an hour.
It's going to be very interesting.
I hope we don't miss this boat.
So we're now at the supermarket.
We have 30 minutes to get our stuff and get to the port.
Okay, there goes Daniel.
He's going to the hypermarket to get food.
And Leah is finding a place to print our stuff off.
Alright, we've got 10 minutes to walk.
10 minutes.
Okay, we almost made it.
And I'm really excited to see.
Is it going to be super organized?
Or is it going to be the chaos that we had in the Philippines and in Greece?
We did it. We're not late.
We did it.
I'm glad we didn't print out those confirmations.
Because you can just come here and show them.
I don't know.
I guess we didn't realize how big of a terminal this place was.
So they have an office here.
So you can get your tickets.
It's so much fun here.
This is not like any other ferry terminal you've ever been to.
There are bars on either end.
And everyone's got grocery bags and bottles of alcohol.
They're just going to have a party.
It's Friday.
Everyone's off work.
They're going on vacation.
This is awesome.
Tons of seats.
But everybody got to one before we could.
So we had to go outside to cool off.
Come on.
It feels amazing outside.
It is going to be an awesome ride.
And we are leaving.
And for dinner we are making ourselves...
A big thing.
We have salami.
Bread.
Actually we have a bunch of meat.
So now I'm going to take you on a boat tour.
So I think we've already mentioned this.
But this boat is massive.
One of the biggest boats we've been on.
So we're going to start at level number one and work our way up.
First of all, this boat has cabins on it.
I'm not sure it would have been worth buying a whole cabin for a two hour trip from Estonia to Helsinki.
But I guess you could do that.
Or maybe they use this for like overnight type of travel also.
I'm not exactly sure.
But they have tons on the lower level.
And then we're going up to all the bars.
There's an entire casino.
They even have a buffet.
This place has bistros, buffets, bars, casinos.
Everything.
You can barely tell.
And you can probably not hear me.
But you can see Helsinki.
And kind of Estonia.
This ferry has been absolutely breathtaking.
The rocks here are amazing.
I'm kind of scouting out a place where we're going to go cliff jumping tomorrow.
We're going to swim in this ocean.
It's going to be awesome.
It is a little chilly.
But other than that, this has just been so relaxing.
If you ever have a chance to go from the Baltics to Finland, you should definitely check it out.
Okay, we just rolled up.
Well, I guess we didn't roll.
We floated up.
And we are here now.
As you can see behind me, everyone's lefting onto the decks.
So we need to do that as well.
There's a lot of things going on.
We have to go to the Central Rail Station to pick up our key.
And then go to our Airbnb.
So it's like a 20 minute train ride to the Central Rail Station.
And then another 20 minute train ride to the Airbnb.
So it's about to be a lot of things to do.
However, the sun is still up.
And it's like 9.30 right now.
So apparently the sun's not supposed to set until 11 o'clock tonight.
We're going to have sunlight the whole time.
It's going to be awesome.
So we just got into the Helsinki Port.
And it honestly feels like an airport terminal.
It is so nice.
Look, I've got all this stuff behind me.
It's crazy.
Okay.
So we have decided to invest in a two day pass.
On multiple different forms of public transportation.
For all three of us.
It was 12 euro each.
And it's pretty much like...
There's like sections.
There's like A and B section.
It's pretty much like the center of Helsinki.
So we did that for everybody.
I think it's definitely going to be totally worth it.
And save us some money.
We're here at like a little in the Central Railway Station.
Because our Airbnb host is going to leave stuff.
And people can come pick it up with a code and your ID.
We're doing it.
We're picking up our key.
We're at the Central Station.
So we're going to find it.
We have our key.
And I guess it's cool because like you can...
The person leaving the key can pay for it.
Or like the person picking up can pay for it.
So our Airbnb host paid for it.
Welcome to our Helsinki Airbnb.
First of all, look at this sign.
We could not agree anymore.
Now, this Airbnb is so cute.
We're kind of like far north in the city.
But it's totally worth it.
Because the space is so much fun.
I'm here for two whole nights.
Just look at the kitchen.
Super modern.
Super cute.
Look at those lamps.
Who has those lamps?
They have a little baby room.
With these little like glass French doors.
It is so cute.
But we can't figure out how to turn the light on to really show you.
They have an awesome bookshelf.
They have all of the lonely planets.
That we're definitely going to dive into.
And the Harry Potters.
I already looked at them.
They're not in English.
I'm very sad.
And then.
Going into the bedroom.
Look at this.
Who has this?
It's like a cloud.
We're going to be sleeping under a cloud.
And.
They have an...
What this is?
A barrel?
For wine?
Or mead?
Who has that?
It's so cute.
We're going to have so much fun here in Helsinki.
This is just kind of like the icing on the cake.
It's just a fun space to be in.
So thanks for watching this video.
We have driven.
We've taken a ferry.
An Uber.
A train.
And walked.
Yes.
It's been a great day.
From Estonia.
No actually Latvia.
To Estonia.
Three countries.
To Finland.
Ready to go.
Now we're getting back on the train.
To go to our apartment.
We did it.
We carried.
Our train's here.
Bam.