CHAPTER 9:
TIINA’S AND VIENO’S SUMMER HOLIDAY
IN BEAUTIFUL ITALY
18 MAY – 13 JUNE 1955

Tyyne and her older sister Vieno, had been studying Italian and in the Summer of 1955, they took a lovely holiday together with another girlfriend of theirs and they traveled down to sunny Italy.

Their summer holiday started off on a good note. The weather was perfect for traveling.

Tyyne and her sister Vieno awoke after a sleepless night, they were so excited about a holiday they had both been planning and saving for, for some time. A beautiful sunny warm day greeted them in Helsinki on 18 May 1955.

The first leg of their long awaited dream holiday to Italy was to be via ship. One of Tyyne’s and Vieno’s brothers drove them to the ships pier where their ship was tied up. They were to meet a girl friend of theirs that was also traveling with them on their Italian Holiday. Their first leg was a two day voyage from Helsinki to Copenhagen, Denmark.

The 2nd leg, started on 21 May. It was a long train ride, from Copenhagen all the way down to Rome, Italy. The next leg was another train ride, a short one by comparison, from Rome to Naples on 23 May.

After two enjoyable days in Naples, on 25 May, Tyyne and Vieno and their friend took a several hour boat ride from Naples, to the picturesque Island of Capri off the West Coast of Italy, in the beautiful Tyrrhenian Sea. The Island of Capri was the farthest south they traveled in their Italian Holiday. They sailed back to Naples on 28 May on their first leg of their trip back home. They left Naples the next morning 29 May, by train once again, back to Rome.

After a short stay in Rome, they left for Perugia. Perugia, is located in about the middle calf of the leg shape of Italy. This time by bus, on 1 June. After two lovely days in Perugia, on 3 June, they boarded another bus that would take them through the picturesque Italian country side north to the Historic city of Firenze (Florence).

After a lovely stay in Florence, on 5 June, they boarded another bus, this time their destination was the beautiful port city of Venice. On Italy’s East Coast to the Adriatic Sea. After a wonderful two days in Venice, on 8 June, they were on a bus once again, heading west to their last destination in Italy, the ancient and beautiful city of Milan

After two exciting days in Milan, they felt sadness that their time in beautiful Italy had gone by so quickly. On 10 June they boarded a train that would take them on a two day train ride through parts of Northern Europe on their way back to Copenhagen. In Copenhagen, they boarded a ship on 12 June, for their final leg of their journey back home, a two day voyage through the cold blue waters of the Baltic Sea. Back home to Helsinki, in"The Land Of The Midnight Sun"

I WISH TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK VIENO FOR HER CONTRIBUTION TO THIS BOOK, SHE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO PROVIDE ME WITH THE ITINERARY AND FOLLOWING PHOTOS OF THEIR ITALIAN HOLIDAY, SUMMER, 1955.

Map # 8
Italy
Itinerary of Tyyne’s / Vieno’s Summer Holiday 1955
1965 Rand McNally World Atlas

Tyyne, yearned to travel down to warm, sunny, beautiful Italy, but did not want to travel alone. She convinced her older sister Vieno and a friend to join her on a dream Summer Holiday to Italy. Their dream became a reality on may 18, 1955. L-R, Vieno, Tyyne, on their Summer Holiday in Italy, May 1955. This is the first photo I received from Tiina. The name she gave me when we met in Helsinki on 1 August 1955

Tyyne, had a Pen Pal ( his name was Paelo ), in Italy she had been writing to. She thought it was a good way for her to practice and learn the language better. Three lovely Finns, L-R, Tyyne / Vieno’s friend and traveling companion, Vieno, Paelo, and Tyyne. Italy, May 1955.

I was hoping Vieno would be able to connect the photos to their itinerary. I have tried to connect each photo to the same time line as the story where ever possible through out the book, but too many years have passed, by the time of the writing of this book, 1998 - 2010. Vieno’s memory has faded, she no longer remembers where each photo was taken. L-R, traveling companion far left, Paelo’s mother, Vieno, Paelo, Tyyne and Paelo’s relatives. Italy, May 1955

Italian holiday, May 1955. L-R, Vieno, Paelo’s relative (standing on the cars running board), Tyyne and traveling companion.

Vieno, was kind enough to provided me with the photos that follow, of their holiday in Italy, 18 May - 13 June 1955. I am very grateful to Vieno, for her contribution to this book. Vieno, mailed the photos to me on 24 march 2000. I am sad, because time has dimmed her once sharp memory. She no longer remember where the photos were taken, so they do not appear in any special order. L-R, Tyyne, Vieno.

Tyyne, left and sister Vieno on their Italian Holiday, Summer 1955

Tyyne, and sister Vieno on holiday, in southern Italy, Summer 1955

Tyyne, on a Summer holiday in Italy. June 1955

Tyyne, on a Summer holiday in Italy. June 1955

Tyyne and traveling friend at St. Mark’s Square in Venice Italy, sister Vieno snapped the image. June 1955

On their Summer holiday in central Italy, June 1955. Around the Perugia area. L-R, Paelo’s relative, traveling companion, Vieno and Tyyne

Back home in Malmi, after a wonderful summer holiday in Italy. Tyyne, was a very active girl, she would often do things other girls were afraid to do. Like balancing herself on a narrow wooden plank above a small waterfall in a stream near her home in Malmi, summer 1955.

Tyyne glad to be back home, relaxing at her brother Olavi’s home in Tikkurila, >not far from Malmi. Summer 1955.

Tyyne, enjoying a leisure time in the sun, in the woods near her parents home in Malmi. Summer 1955.

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