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Ravaniemi: the Lappish capital (and giant pizza)

It was sad to say goodbye to the beautiful resort of Levi, but we had to begin our epic journey back to London, which…

Christmas was an altogether relaxing affair for the nine of us. We spent the morning perusing the tourist stores in Levi (and purchasing a…

The ski resort we stayed at over Christmas is called Levi, and is situated right up in the Arctic circle in Finnish Lapland. It’s…

We arrived in Kolari after our epic journey, extremely happy (can you tell?!) to have almost reached our final destination, and in awe of the…

After not being sure whether we would even make it out of Heathrow to go on our much-anticipated Christmas holiday (check out the chaos…

Just a quick post today – I am sitting in Helsinki Airport using their free wifi and maintaining a semi-comatose state brought on by…

London, travel

Today marks exactly one month since we left Australia, and on Tuesday we will have been in England for four weeks, having arrived, excited…

Iceland is a fascinating country. It was a destination where I learned a thing or ten, which I’m sharing with you in case you ever find yourself in…

On our third and final day in Iceland we were picked up early outside Guesthouse Pavi (feeling not at all sad to leave the…

Starting my morning with a pot of Skyr, a delicious Icelandic yoghurt-like treat, we waited outside the Guesthouse Pavi for our tour bus to…