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  • KIXed out of HEL

    The display said 7°C. That feels positively balmy compared with the -14°C in Helsinki yesterday. We are back in Osaka and though it’s winter here too there is no trace of snow. Our last morning in Europe is very cold indeed, especially in the park where we watch Alex slide down the hill of snow…

  • Osaka arrival

    Great flight with Finnair!

  • AY77 to KIX

    Heading back to KIX from Helsinki. Pretty empty flight. Hope it’s safe and smooth.

  • Sledging Helsinki

    So, you thought sledging had been banned for Australians. Well, we ain’t in Australia and if we were we couldn’t sledge like this irregardless of the sportsmanship. You could also, of course, call it a sled or a toboggan and avoid any confusion. Depending on where you are from. I should have bought the sled…

  • Santa Village and a Sleeper

    Husky sleds, reindeer sleighs, Moomins and a sleeper train back from Rovaniemi to Helsinki.

  • Santa and the Arctic Circle

    Ho ho ho! Crossing the Arctic Circle we will go. On husky sled and reindeer sleigh, taking us a little way. To Lapland for our Lapphund. Past of line of no sun. Finding Joulupukki in the snow, or Santa to those who know! Rovaniemi sits on the Arctic Circle, or the line of latitude demarcating…

  • Roving to Rovaniemi

    White. Lots of white. White fields, white trees, white rivers flowing into white lakes. White roofs, white cars. Sparkling white, dancing white, clouds of white. Under a bright blue sky, over red buildings and dark green trees. It’s a beautiful day, provided you are somewhere warm. Which we are, sitting inside a train racing northwards…

  • Train to Oulu

    Leaving Helsinki for the next two days. Train to Oulu and then straight onwards to Rovaniemi.

  • HEL freezes over

    I survived my first overnight cruise! I suspect that I would have felt a lot better about it if not for this cold that has me just wanting to stay in bed. There were a few rougher patches after we left the Swedish archipelago and made our way into the Baltic proper. I say rougher…

  • Finland again

    Arrived and on the tram.