Amsterdam - Me Jenny loved that it was compact and quaint. I love the buildings and the history and the canals. Iceland - the scenery was simply spectacular and we imagine it would have only been more fabulous had we had more than 8 hours of sun in the whole week. Finland - Me J wasn't... Continue Reading →
Hurtigruten – Trollsfjord
The Hurtigruten acts as a cruise liner, a passenger and car ferry as well as a transporter of goods. Here's our ship - the Trollsfjord arriving into Kirkenes to pick us up. For those of you who have been following along on this journey, you'll know that we haven't had a huge amount of luck... Continue Reading →
I’m on the top of the world
Today we said farewell to Finland and as pretty she was, she didn't offer much in the way of the Northern Lights..... so we jumped into a mini bus with absolutely no suspension and bounced our way across the border to Norway. It was about a 3 hour drive from Inari and at about the... Continue Reading →
Cloudy with a 14% chance of Aurora
I've been keeping an eye on the aurora activity since before we left home.... I downloaded the app and put a few met websites in the favourites for easy access.... and up until now the activity has been pretty low, coupled with the thick cloud blanketing the sky - it's made seeing the northern lights... Continue Reading →
Above and Beyond
After a LENGTHY bus ride yesterday from Rovaniemi to Inari where the driver spoke only a little bit more English than I do Finnish... luckily one of the words I needed to say to him was the number 3 and I have that down pat after our last trip here when I learned Michael Jackson's... Continue Reading →
Aurora Hunters
Tonight was our first of many goes to try to see the Northern Lights - our mission for this trip! Our tour guide was Martin, from Bulgaria who came to Finland with a plan to stay 3 months to study and ended up staying 8 years. He loves the quiet and peaceful nature of the... Continue Reading →
Santa Claus is coming to town
This morning we were off on a little tour which because of the time of year was going to be a non intentional private tour.... but we were joined by two lovely people from Australia! Jenny likes to be super early for everything so, we took a walk down to the river before the tour... Continue Reading →
Hello Finland
See ya later Iceland and hello Finland. We were passing through Helsinki on our way up to Rovaniemi and stayed one night at the airport. We booked the Glo Hotel and it's right in the airport - I mean, It's closer to the exit than the taxi line. So we got there, checked in and... Continue Reading →