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I have been to Lake Saimaa and the Savonlinna region now six times in the last three years, and I finally saw a Saimaa ringed seal yesterday! They’re very endangered and there’s only about 400-500 of them. It was a lot smaller than I expected. The size of a mid-size dog, maybe. Its head was above the water and it was looking straight at me for about five seconds, then it dove into the dark waters of Saimaa and vanished.
I also went to see the castle in Savonlinna from “behind”, across the lake, and it was a lot cooler from that direction. From the city’s side there is a bridge that goes there and just ticket offices and things like that which remind you that you’re very much in the 21st century. But from the other side you get a completely clean view of the castle, which was nice. [Here](https://imgur.com/a/bE2nHGd) are photos I took.
Today I’m finally heading home though, it has been a good bit of domestic travel this past week.