When we started planning our arctic adventure to Lapland, we knew we would be in for a big change in climate—especially after spending the last winter in Vietnam, Costa Rica and Mexico, where we successfully managed to avoided winter weather completely. Needless to...
It was only supposed to be a four-hour drive to arrive at Yllas, Finland from Kiruna, Sweden. But in typical ‘A Cruising Couple’ style, we got hopelessly lost along the way, largely due to driving without any sort of GPS system. Heck, we didn’t even have an old-school...
It might have been Lapland’s Northern Lights that initially caught our attention, but it was the chance to go dog sledding that proved to be one of the biggest determining factors for making the trip up north. We absolutely love huskies. How could anyone not?...
Happy Easter from this hairy Scottish Cattle! Hope that everyone is enjoying their weekend, wherever and however that might be! We had never heard of these cuddly little cows until we recently visited Konijanka’s Kotielainpiha in Finland. The farm also...
We pulled up to a discreet looking entrance: a door surrounded by mounds of snow, tucked deep into the forests of Lainio, Finland. This is the Snow Village? We might have driven right past it if it hadn’t been for the well-placed signage. But when...
This is part 2 of a travel narrative describing our wilderness adventure with Aurora Retreat in Swedish Lapland. Don’t worry—if you missed part one, you can read it here. It was the second day of our arctic adventure. We had slept soundly that first...
This was taken just before sunset at Vase Rock on the western side of Xiao Liuchiu, a small island in the Taiwan Strait. By Matt Gibson (http://www.matt-gibson.org) Want to see your picture featured on our Sunday Snapshot segment? We’re now accepting...
When we first booked our plane tickets to Stockholm, we had no intention of making the journey up north to Lapland. To be completely honest, I don’t think we even knew where Lapland was. But when we learned that the Northern Lights were visible there through the start...
“The Wilderness holds more answers to questions than we have yet learned to ask.” Nancy Wynne Newhall I never used to be much of a ‘wilderness’ girl. Growing up I had a tent for a bit, but I would set it up in our playroom and sleep in it indoors. My first...
It was a long day. We had breakfast in Finland. We drove to Sweden. We then took a train to Norway. We had no accommodation booked, so we walked with all our gear up and down the hills until we finally stumbled upon a guesthouse. But in the end, we made it. And this...
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