Like nomads, but with more stuff

Ivalo is a very small city - with 4000 people, no university and no full-scale hospital it barely earns its 3-gate airport. BUT, in that ...

Our 3rd night we were on the schedule for the entire family to go to the aurora camp to try to catch a peek at the lights. We hemmed and h...

Alex : tights, corduroy pants, regular socks, ski socks, long sleeved T shirt, hoodie, her own Lands End snowpants and jacket, the hotel-p...

On our second day in Finland we went out with the reindeer herder and got to feed the reindeer. We also got to see Russia. It didn't lo...

We were up unfortunately early for how late we all got to bed, and of course all bellies grumbled. We got some coffee into the adults and ...

When we wandered off the airplane into the velvety black night and headed toward the building of the airport, we were pretty well done. It...

We did our research and knew Helsinki airport had 4 children's play areas. Two were within an easy distance of our next gate so we wan...