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Radio interview the morning before departure

Radio interview the morning before departure

Final preparations

Final preparations

Sad aircraft waiting in the rain

With Jan Dvorak of the iDnes.cz news portal

Just before departure

A bit of concentration

Departure for the German island of Usedom

Pribram airport

The beaches of Usedom island

This is where the infamous V1 and V2 rockets used agains London were developed

One more view of the Peenemunde military laboratories complex

The northern part of Usedom island above and the remains of a natural bridge which disappeared probably in storm sometim in the 14th century

Port of Sassnitz, Rügen, Germany

Chalk cliffs, north side of Rügen

Boat connecting south of Sweden with Sassnitz, Germany

The capital of the island of Bornholm - Ronne

Western coast of Bornholm

Ruins of Hammershus castle, Bornholm island

Th town of Sandwig, northern Bornholm

Lighthouse on the northenmost tip of Bornholm

The strait between islets of Ertholmene archipelageo north of Bornholm

Ertholmene archipelageo, north of Bornholm

The island and lighthouse Utklippan, southern Sweden

Lighthouse in the Kalmar strait between mainland Sweden and the island of Oland

The bridge connecting Oland island and the Swedish mainland

Ruins of Borgholm castle, the island of Oland

Lange Erik lighthouse, northern tip of Oland island

The capital of the island of Gotland island - Visby with the mediaval walls

Evening in the public park of Visby

A flag of Visby with its coat of arms

The mediaval fortifications of Visby

Not only the benches are for the public in Visby

My fully loadad bicycle before departure for the airport

OK LEX at the airport of Visby

Aerial view of Visby

The centre of Visby

The strait between the islands of Goltand and Faro

Western coast of the island of Faro where the famous movie director Ingmar Bergman lived and filmed

The northern tip of Faro island

The northern tip of the island of Gotska Sandon, southeast of Stockholm

Suburbs of Stockholm

Eastern part of Stockholm

The centre of Stockholm

Bromma airport - western part of Stockholm

The centre of Stockholm during the return journey

The island of Märket is divided between Finland and Sweden

A detail of the island of Market from the Swedish side

The first view of the Aland archipelageo

Kumling airport - the islands of Aland

Aland islands

The city of Turku

First islands of Kvarken archipelageo

Rainy departure from Vaasa

Kvarken islands in the rain

Specific shapes of Kvarkan islands which started forming after the retreat of 3 km high glaciers in the area

The specific shapes of quickly rising islets of Kvarken archipelageo

Shallow waters with elevated rocks will transform into more Kvarken islands within the next several decades

The long shape of Kvarken islands is said to be a result of the melting glaciers pushing rocks infront of them

The special shape of Kvarken islands is visible even in the sharp sunlight

The older of Kvarken islands are located some 50 km north of Vaasa

The older of Kvarken islands are located some 50 km north of Vaasa

The elder of Kvarken islands are located about 50 km north of Vaasa

The town and ironworks of Raahe, the north of the Gulf of Bothnia

The town of Oulu at the north of the Gulf of Bothnia

The town of Oulu at the north of the Gulf of Botnhnia

Ferry port at the island of Hailuoto

The bay of the island of Hailuoto which lies west of the city of Oulu

The landscape north of Tampere

The landscape north of Tampere

Tampere

OK LEX at Tampere airport

Olaf - a veteran of the aeroclub Hanko airport helped me with my flight plan

The islands of the Gulf of Filnland - on the way from Hanko to Helsinki

Helsinki city

Helsinki city

Helsinki - port

Helsinki –Katajanokan

Beautiful art deco airport terminal built in the thirties at Melmi close to Helsinki

Helsinki – Katajanokan and the port

Helsinki - south of the centre

Primary display just before crossing the Finnish-Estonian border in the middle of the Gulf of Finland

The first island of the Estonian coast - Mohni

The port of Tallinn, Estonia

Tallinn - the old town and the castle of Toompea

Tallinn – the old town and the castleToompea

Tallinn – the old town and the castleToompea

Rainy landing at Kardla, Estonia

The airport of Kardla - two flights per day arrive here from the capital Tallinn

The lighthouse of Tahkuna, Hiiumaa island, Estonia

The cliffs of Panga, Saaremaa island, Estonia

The airport of Kurressaare, Saaremaa island, Estonia

Kurresaare fortress built in the 14th century

The coast of the island of Ruhnu

Grass airport at the island of Ruhnu

Sineage at Ruhnu airport

Ruhnu International - main terminal building

Managind director - Ruhnu International

The airport of Spilve, Riga, Latvia – it has been in service since the Great war. Since the 1980s it was replaced by a new commercial airport

Spilve airport terminal built in the early fifties is an interesiting representative of the Soviet architecture

One exhibit at the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the Spilve terminal

Riga - a somewhat distant centre of the city

The airport of Liepaja, Latvia coast

Liepaja, the coast of Latvia

Deserted beaches, the coast of Latvia

A week-end party, the coast of Latvia

The airport of Palanga, northern coast of Lithuania

Kaunas – the old town and the confluence of Niemen river (left) and Neris

Aleksotas – a sport airfield 3 km south of Kaunas centre. This is one of the oldest airports in Europe, opened in 1915

The river Niemen and the old town of Kaunas

The apron of Aleksotas airport. The house in the middle is indeed a strange solution

OK LEX waiting for the fuel at Aleksotas

The good looking ATC controller needed only about five minutes to lure the fuel guy to the airport on Saturday p.m.

The monastery of Pažaislis – about 10 km south-east of Kaunas

TV tower at Kaunas

Vilnius – old town

Vilnius – old town

Vilnius – railway station and airport

The landscape of eastern Poland

Suwalki airport

Glider enthusiasts in Suwalki start their flying day already at 6.30 a.m.

Masurian lakes

Masurian lakes

Szyczno castle - Eastern Poland

Flight over the Vistula river

Waiting for better weather - Wloclavek, Poland

First moments after landing

Sending an "everything fine" sms

Talking about the size of the turbulence

OK LEX after the return