An amazing morning – we left at 9am to go to a nearby Husky ranch. We were taught all about them and then we were taught how to drive our sledge and off we went. You put one foot on brake to slow down and both feet on it to slow done more. Note the […]
Author: Sarah Isaacs
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. You didn’t know where to look. We were so lucky to see them on our first night. The forecast wasn’t so good – what do they know?! Apparently they’ve not […]
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, which was a dump. Another great flight – defying flying on Friday 13th, and sitting on row 13! 2 firsts: our plane was sprayed with de-icer before we took off, […]
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 into the city centre and had a wander around. It’s got some lovely buildings and it’s so clean – absolutely no rubbish on the streets. Puts the UK to shame! […]
It’s going to be freezing . . .
. . . 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 […]
LJOY Purim Beach Party
So it was the end of February and it had been trying to snow all day – its obvious, lets have a Beach Party! This was the theme of the LJOY Purim event – 60 kids dressed in beach theme (but then I guess its normal for their age to be wearing shorts and T-shirts […]
Finally . . . Viva Vegas!
Our senses have been acclimatised and we have been Vegased! We saw a show “O” at the Bellagio on Saturday night – absolutely amazing. I have little idea what the story was but the show was fantastic. How they did all that, with the stage and the water- breathtaking. Even more so as we were […]
Sensory assault
So we left the beauty and peaceful surroundings of the Grand Canyon yesterday and set off for Las Vegas. It was just over a 4 hour journey through the desert. As we passed the Hoover Dam on the way we stopped off. We had a tour of the power plant. It’s so vast it is […]
Planes, rafts and Automobiles
So we rose ridiculously early and left the California behind and on Monday flew to Las Vegas, Nevada. It was a great flight and lasted all of 45 mins. No sooner had we landed than we left and drove into Arizona and to the Grand Canyon. The high temperatures of Vegas soon dropped as we […]
A day at the beach
After doing the decent thing and speaking to the boys first thing in the morning (for us) and mid afternoon (for them) we had to spend the day recovering and relaxing from the fact that David was last dressed on Wednesday, allegedly, and Jonathan has mowed the lawn, watered the flowers and done a Sainsburys […]