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 …
Sweden – Stockholm
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 …
Finland – Vallisaari Island,
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 …
Finland – Suomenlinna
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 …
Estonia – Tallinn
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 …
Helsinki – Exploring on land and sea
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 …
Arctic Circle – Spring Hiking
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 …
Arctic Circle – Bears, Walruses and Beluga’s …Oh my!!!!
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 …
Arctic Circle – Walruses
June 15, 2025 In my haste to post the previous post I forgot to mention the pictures of the polar plunge. This is a rite of passage for polar explorers where they jump from the ship into the fringed water. 72 of the 140 passengers chose the do this while the rest of us decided …
Norway – Texas Bar
June 13, 2025 Another beautiful sunny day with calm seas. We have been so blessed with great weather!! A hike to Texas Bar was the adventure for the morning. We hike for several miles in the melting snow and ended up at an explorers cabin that he named the Texas Bar. It was interesting to …