Lappeenranta
A few words about Lappeenranta on Wikipedia.
Most of the passengers on our bus were going for clothes, fish, coffee, and other odds and ends. Out of the 19 hours of the trip, we spent only about three hours in the city itself. Most of the journey was spent at the valiant Russian customs checkpoint.
This is the panorama from the fortress, although calling it a fortress is a bit of a stretch (the picture is a link).
In the reading room of the city library, Sashka dreams of real Finnish fish soup.
