The Journey So Far
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Norway: To Oslo And Out
As much as we loved Norway we knew our time there was drawing to a close. With the Schengen visa restriction you simply can’t spend too much time in one European country or else you are left scrambling everywhere else. While Norway was definitely a major attraction...
Norway – Turning South
Reaching Nordkapp was definitely a highlight, correction, probably thehighlight of our European trip so far, but that doesn’t mean there’s not a lot of great stuff left to see in Norway. In fact, Nordkapp is really just the beginning of some of Norway‘s...
Finland
After the ( almost ) micro-states of the Baltics, Finland loomed large on the map of Europe. Like the Baltic countries, a place with its own distinctive culture and language ( and some incredibly long place names ! ) it has also been controlled by others over its...
Norway: The Fjords
Can’t “win ‘em all” as they say. Travel long enough and you’ll get rained on somewhere - the typically beautiful Lofoten’s were largely a washout for us, so due to the poor weather there we moved on quickly. The Lofoten ferry took us out through the short route,...
Norway – The Road To Nordkapp
Inari ( Finland ) is only a short hop across Hwy 92 to the Norwegian border at Karasjok. From there it was only a 4 hour drive to the very top of Europe - to some a mystical place, to the Sami people of this region a place of spiritual significance, and to many others...
The Baltic States: Lithuania, Latvia & Estonia
While Poland spent 45 years under the Soviet sphere of influence, the three Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia were actually part of the Soviet union during that same period - an unwilling part mind you, but nonetheless an integral part of the former...
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