World Adventure

St Petersburg

RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Saturday, 12 Dec 2009 | Views [707]

Hi All, We ate last night at a Russian restuarant. Minor communication problem but we got what we guessed at some traditional dishes on the menu. Vanessa had a dish called hussary beef, beef and cheese, and I ate dumplings. Vanessa's was easily much ... Read more >

Helsinki to Riga, Lativa to Saint Petersburg,Russia

RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Friday, 11 Dec 2009 | Views [937]

Preevyet All, We arrived at Helsinki late and tired already having decided that we would try and get some sleep at the airport as the flight to Riga left at 520am next day. So we caught the late bus to the Helsinki international airport to T2 which ... Read more >

Photos: Lapland 3

FINLAND | Wednesday, 9 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery

Lapland 3

AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 9 Dec 2009 | Views [898]

Dear All, We had to move out from our cosy little family run accommodation to move into Rudolf hostel which strangely enough was associated with the Santa claus hotel. Lame but true. It only had a check in at 2pm so we killed a little time by booking ... Read more >

Photos: lapland 2

FINLAND | Monday, 7 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery

Photos: Ferry trip Stockholm to Helsinki

WORLDWIDE | Monday, 7 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery

Photos: Furry friends from lapland

FINLAND | Monday, 7 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery

Rovaniemi 3

FINLAND | Monday, 7 Dec 2009 | Views [871]

Hi All, Ouch the morning after the night before...low light conditions are good. Decided to head off to the Santa Clause village today to visit the 'real' Santa. Magic day as it was overcast, the area was covered with a fresh blanket of snow and ... Read more >

Rovaniemi 2

FINLAND | Sunday, 6 Dec 2009 | Views [930]

Hi All, Still happy birthday Vanessa! We woke to pitch darkness and it didn't get light until about 930am. When we did look outside we could see that it was snowing so went for a walk into the town centre and found a giant snowman before heading ... Read more >

Photos: Lapland

FINLAND | Sunday, 6 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery

Rovaniemi

FINLAND | Saturday, 5 Dec 2009 | Views [825]

Hi All, Will add the previous entries soon. No promises but will try. Well we have arrived and it was -10 deg C when we stepped off the train just short of the arctic circle. Glad to be off after 9.5 hr and two movies. We had about 1.5 km to walk ... Read more >

Helsinki Finland to Rovaniemi

AUSTRALIA | Friday, 4 Dec 2009 | Views [945]

Hi All, We entered into the narrow port entrance passing the Soumenlinna Fortress before getting a super view of the old town and in particular the Uspensky Orthodox Cathedral. There was a dusting of snow on most buildings and it felt like we had finally ... Read more >

Sweden to Finland on a M/S Silja Serenade

SWEDEN | Friday, 4 Dec 2009 | Views [1016]

Hi All, Amazing experience...... I had made the effort to get to the bus terminal and ask the silja lines help desk about the procedure for catching the bus in order to ensure we would make the ferry leaving time.We stored our bags at the ... Read more >

Photos: Stockholm a day in the frost

SWEDEN | Friday, 4 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery

Photos: Stockholm

SWEDEN | Thursday, 3 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery

Photos: Warsaw

POLAND | Thursday, 3 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery

Stockholm, Sweden

SWEDEN | Thursday, 3 Dec 2009 | Views [810]

Hi All, Sweden! Didn't expect to be here on this trip but it turned out to be cheaper to fly to Stockholm and catch the ferry to Helsinki than to fly direct. Suits me. So we have a day and a half in Stockholm and our first day was a blue sky day. Super.... Read more >

Warsaw

AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 3 Dec 2009 | Views [886]

Hi All, Long train trip 9hrs. Most of the leaves are gone from the trees but some still were full of pomegranates standing out boldly in red; natures christmas trees. There also were pear trees with their yellow fruit. Looks great. Most of the trees ... Read more >

Wroclaw

POLAND | Thursday, 3 Dec 2009 | Views [777]

Hi All, Try and pronounce it. You probably got it wrong. “Vrotzwav”. What the...? Is this a Polish joke? Lovely town. The polish venice. We were in a well place hostel in a 8 bed dorm. Hostel looked good so I was looking forward to a good nights sleep.... Read more >

Wieliczka salt mine

POLAND | Thursday, 3 Dec 2009 | Views [903] | Comments [1]

Hi All, We decided to visit the Wieliczka salt mine today. It was a local bus ride out to the site. Reminds me that it was really easy to figure out the transport and saved us quite a lot of money yesterday and today. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wieliczka_... Read more >