June 28,2025 We boarded our train from Stockholm to Oslo, Norway in the late morning and it was a fun ride through the countryside, it was so green with home dotted along the railway tracks. The bushes even had eyes at one of the stations!!! We arrived in Oslo in the late afternoon and headed …
June 25, 2025 We are off on an adventure to explore of runriket”, a famous trail of Viking sites along with medieval churches and the history of the transition from paganism to christianity. Sounds like an interesting day…..right???? After a drive of about 30 minutes we were at our first stop where Runes from the …
June 24, 2025 We are headed on foot to the old town area. It has stopped raining for now!!! The old town area is were the iconic brightly pained row house are along with the royal palace and the Nobel Prize museum. We got to old town before the tour groups so we got to …
June 23, 2025 Mid morning our ferry arrived in Stockholm and we headed to the hotel to drop our bags. Then we headed out to explore the city. We took the Hop on Hop off bus to get an overview of what areas we wanted to visit. Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, encompasses 14 islands …
June 23, 2025 This is our last day in Helsinki and it is sunny so w e are headed to Vallisaari Island home to the Helsinki Biennal Art Instillation. This exhibit was created to focus on the sights and sounds of nature and is integrated with the forest. We boarded a local ferry to get …
June 21, 2025 The sunny skies from yesterday have been replaced with gloomy rain clouds. In the early morning there was a break in the rain and I went for a walkabout in the park that my room faces. It was so enjoyable being outside in the calm of the day. It was misting rain …
June 20, 2025 The weather has gotten a lot better and I am hoping for a sunny day to enjoy our adventure. We are headed to the ferry to go to Tallinn, Estonia. The ferry was way bigger than I imagined holding 2500 passenger plus 3 decks of cars and trucks. Getting on the ferry …
June 19, 2025 I am back in Helsinki after a long travel day and ready to explore the city. My friends from the Ireland and Scotland trip, Kim and Ernie have joined me for the second part of this trip. They are fun adventurers so this should be an epic adventure. We headed out walking …
June 18, 2025 The day started in Alkhomeet a mountain in Northern isford National Park. The tundra is home to birds and reindeers. We went for a hike in the mushy tundra filled with small streams from the melting snow. It was awesome getting boots on the ground but the tundra was challenging as the …
June 16, 2025 What started out as a dreary day turned into a spectacular day!! The seas were rough so we had to pivot from the original plan and went to a more sheltered site for our Zodiac cruise. We we headed out the wind was blowing and it was raining but in just a …
