More Baltic Bikini Bathing

Owner and i detoured away from the Finish mainland and archipelago to head out to the Åland Islands, a Swedish-speaking but Finnish owned archipelago located between both countries in the Baltic Sea. We flew from Turku on the Finnish mainland to the islands capital, Mariehamn. It was a bumpy flight of about 30 minutes but the scenery was stunning.

Mariehamn itself is very pretty and bustling and feels more Swedish than Finnish with its timber-clad houses and avenues lined with Linden trees. It is located on a peninsula that you can walk all the way around and has a myriad of little beaches. 

The temperature was a little shy of thirteen degrees celsius, just about warm enough for a tart like me to want to strip-off into their bikini and go for a dip. The sea itself was...erm...well pretty cold as you can tell from one of the pictures below. But as the video proves i did swim and didn't spend all the time posing and looking windswept on a bench.

Mariehamn also has a selection of good restaurants so Owner and i were able to enjoy a delicious meal out together. Anyway, here are some pictures of me continuing to try and get my bikini pose perfected

the windswept slut look

And then going for a dip in the freezing waters of the ocean

it's a bit chuffin cold

And here are some pictures of Mariehamn itself

Readers who are bored of countless photos of our travels may be relieved to know that, sadly, our Finnish adventure comes to an end in a few days time. But, we are already planning our next holiday later in the year!