This trip was really a tale of two environments. Scandinavian capitals – Helsinki, Stockholm, and Oslo. All fun cities to visit with what you’d expect of cities – good restaurants, museums, theater, music, super streets for walking, urban culture – though in smaller settings than elsewhere I’ve been. Stockholm was just a wonderful spot, aContinue reading “Finnish & Swedish Lapland, and Norway – Final Thoughts”
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Stockholm – Days Eight and Nine
If I was ever surprised by a city and how much it had to offer – by its city-scape and architecture and atmosphere and museums and food – it was Stockholm. Who knows what I was expecting – perhaps something that felt old and a bit dusty and cold – but I certainly wasn’t expectingContinue reading “Stockholm – Days Eight and Nine”
Swedish Lapland – Days Six and Seven
We made the drive from Finnish Lapland into Swedish Lapland on the morning of day six. There’s no immigration nor customs as you cross the border, so no passport stamp either, just a sign with the European Union symbol on it, easily missed if your guide hadn’t pointed out that it was coming-up on theContinue reading “Swedish Lapland – Days Six and Seven”
Finnish and Swedish Lapland, and Norway – March 2025 – Intro & Day One in Helsinki
I’ll have to admit that these countries weren’t even really on my radar as places to visit. But whenever you travel you meet folks who also have traveled and you swap travel stories as well as the obligatory “what’s one of your favorite destinations?” In the answer to this question, not one but two ofContinue reading “Finnish and Swedish Lapland, and Norway – March 2025 – Intro & Day One in Helsinki”
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