Europe

We travelled by car around Brittany for two weeks in the beginning of September.   Strictly speaking, our route started in Rouen, Normandy, and stretched… Read More »Breton Kaleidoscope

This was the plan: Fly into Kiruna, pick up a car and go to Svolvær via Abisko. Spend two whole days on the islands and… Read More »Short trip to wintry Lofoten

Well, summer is coming to an end, the migratory birds are heading south, and the Icelandic/Norwegian branches of the forum are filling up with fresh… Read More »The cold summer of Iceland.

Spitsbergen (Svalbard) is a Norwegian archipelago located between 78 and 80 degrees north latitude, 1,000 km (620 mi) away from the North Pole.   Last… Read More »Spitsbergen Cruise: again bears, and again whales