. . . but I’ve bought a bobble hat!
We are off, just the two of us, to 250km into the Arctic circle, hopefully to see The Northern lights. I know we are more likely to not see them but that won’t stop us trying and having a good time.
And yes I do know that it’s going to generate 1000s more photos before I’ve done the photobooks for the Summer of 2012 and Winter of 2013!!
You can follow us by the map below as there will be a new marker for each new post. You can zoom in and move around to see more details on the map. The round markers are where we stay and the flags (⚑) are day trips. Any marker that is red has a post associated with it, so click on it. Details of day trips may be in the post associated with the place we stay.
These are the individual blog posts if you want to read them from here. They are dated and appear in reverse order i.e the newest first so if you come to this page when there is more than one post, scroll to the bottom to start at the beginning.
Even more snow, and ice sculpting
Today was a totally relaxed day for our last day. Walking, watching the snow fall, reading and listening and lighting fires! The snow through our…
The Ice Hotel
So we have left Muotkan Maja after a fabulous five days. After a transfer of just under 3 hours we are now at the Snow…
Ice fishing and the one that got away
A relatively early start as we were picked up at 10:00 for our hour and a bit drive to Lake Inari. It’s Finland’s third biggest…
Reindeer and more Mum bravery, kind of . . .
Another great day from Muotkan Maja. Snowmobile safari and a Reindeer farm. These machines are massive and powerful, so this had the potential to be…
Huskies, huskies everywhere
An amazing morning – we left at 9am to go to a nearby Husky ranch. We were taught all about them and then we were…
We’ve seen them!
And they were amazing. Over 90 minutes of dancing Aurora that filled the sky above us – and by filled the sky I mean it.…
We are now in the Arctic
We set the alarm for 03:15 and made it on time to the airport. What a lovely airport – so much nicer than Las Vegas,…
Stage 1 – safe arrival in Helsinki
After a perfect flight we arrived safely in Helsinki. Weather fantastic – not as cold as expected either. No thermals yet! We caught a bus…