Travel Diary: Stockholm and Helsinki

I've only been home for two weeks but I'm already mourning the end of my trip and starting to plan my next big adventure (London and Paris next fall perhaps). So, this week I've decided to relive the adventure by publishing a travel diary.

Stockholm















Helsinki

The first week of my vacation was spent mostly in Stockholm with a brief pause in Helsinki before moving onto Russia. Stockholm is somewhere that I've wanted to visit for years, so I couldn't have been happier to have four whole days to explore the city. 

I spent my time doing the dorky tourist things that I love, like taking a bus tour (or three), watching the changing of the guard at the Royal Palace (I thought I had read somewhere that there was a Royal Goat, I was mistaken and very disappointed when there wasn't), touring Stockholm's many islands, and shopping at H&M.

My last day in Stockholm (also the first day of the organized tour) after a visit to City Hall, we boarded the cruise ship bound for Helsinki; when you're on board the Love Boat with 30 strangers/soon-to-be-friends, the only thing to do is have an amazing time and watch the drag/cabaret show (when in Rome, right?!).

I wanted to make the most of the one day we had in Helsinki, so I saw as much as I could in the 8 hours that we had. Between a city tour and a ferry ride to Suomenlinna Sea Fortress, I feel like I got the full Finnish experience.

Although my time in Scandinavia was brief, it was amazing - this is definitely somewhere that I want to revisit!

What I Wore

When I started packing for my trip I had grandiose dreams of frolicking through the Northern European cities in cute sundress and sandals; sadly, Mother Nature had other plans. While the weather was nice it was not exactly sundress weather everywhere that I travelled; thank goodness I brought along a good supply of jeans.

The first few days of my adventure I focused on fashion that was comfortable enough to spend many hours pounding the cobblestones, yet also chic. But, as the trip progressed and our wake-up times became earlier (and bedtimes became later), and with the ever-changing weather, I quickly developed a travel uniform that would get me through the day no matter where we were going, or what the temperature might be.

Shirt - Old Navy; Jeans - Mavi; Jacket - Marmot; Scarf - H&M
Sandals - Birkenstock, Zellers; Flats - Aldo

 These henley t-shirts from Old Navy were a last minute purchase (we're talking last minute - I realized when packing that I only had one t-shirt that was presentable, so I ran to Old Navy and scooped up these fab pieces - two in each colour) but they soon became my go-to throughout the trip. Not only were they great to wear on their own, but they made the perfect base for layering when the temperatures dipped in Russia, and they dried super fast when I was forced to hand-wash them in the sink in St. Petersburg.

Not the most interesting of looks, but definitely a casual and classic look for travelling.

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