Hej!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MACKEW!!!!! Wow - our baby is 17 today! Glad to hear you're having a great trip also. We are also having a great time - absolutely wonderful.

We are in Stockholm!!! Our ferry trip was sooooo nice! We got upgraded to Commodore class - very nice! Had our own balcony, sitting room, bedroom and large bathroom. It was hard to leave it this morning, but of course we were so excited to see Stockholm too. We only have a few hours here, so we have our luggage in the lockers here at city terminal and now we're going to tour the city.

Everything is so beautiful and nice and the people are so nice too! We are so thrilled with everything we have seen and done.

The smoke sauna was awesome!!! And the "vasta" was great - that is the birch twigs -so fragrant and you hit yourself with them in the sauna. Sounds wierd, but it was great - no self-mutilation tho. Then we jumped in the lampi - small lake - pond. Swimsuits are not recommended. Riitta (our hostess) cried when we left - we had such a nice time with them. We loved Finland and love our friends.

Time to go see the city. Just wanted to let you all know we're doing fine. Love to everyone!!!
Mum and Dad (Jim & Shawn)

p.s. Jim likes seeing me try to use this crazy euro keyboard and make lots of mistakes!!!

p.s.s. We will post pictures when we get to a hotel. We're just at an internet kiosk at the bus station right now.