That Time We Slept In a Hotel Made of Snow – Our Experience at the Snow Village, Finland
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...
An Arctic Adventure in Swedish Lapland – Part 2
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...
Sunday Snapshot | Vase Rock on Xiao Liuchiu | Taiwan Straight
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...
The Northern Lights — Everything You Need to Know About Seeing the Aurora Borealis
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...
An Arctic Adventure in Swedish Lapland—Part 1
“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...
Sunday Snapshot | Sunset Over A Fjord | Narvik, Norway
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...