It all started last August when I decided that the summer of 07 in Ireland had been so shit and so cold, that we might as well have been in the fucking Arctic.
I had a look around at travels to Scandinavia, and..actually, the idea started to take hold. After a fortnight in February at -40, even an Irish 'summer' would seem tropical.
And now it's only a month away! We leave the 8th of February direct to Stockholm. You can see a map of where we're going on the left.
Day 1: Fly in to Stockholm, arrive around midnight.
Day 2,3: Mooch around the capital. Look at the birthplace of IKEA.
Day 4: Fly past the Arctic Circle to Kiruna, and transfer by husky dogsled to Icehotel.
Day 5: Mooch around in snow.
Day 6: Train and bus, overnight stay in Harstad on the Norwegian coast.
Day 7: All aboard! Get on big boat to take us down the Norwegian coast, along with mail. (www.Hurtigruten.co.uk)
Day 8: Mooch on the open sea.
Day 9: Two nights in Bergen.
Day 10: Train to Oslo.
Day 11: Fly out from Oslo.
So, we've got our marshmallow suits, and bought some motion sickness pills and we're ready to rock and roll!
XOXO
