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Berlin to Caen
The last few days we have done a lot of miles to reach our ferry port near Caen (France). We are booked on the 4.30pm to Portsmouth. We are currently sat in a really nice wine/delicatessan/bistro place having a lovely meal surrounded by bottles of wine. We plan…
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Finland to Germany.. 6 countries in 2 days
we crossed from Helsinki (Finland) to Tallin (Estonia) on a three hour crossing with Viking Lines. We camped overnight near the border with Latvia and on the next day crossed both Latvia and Lithuiania into Poland. The countryside gradually changed from fir forests, to open farmland. Also the…
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Helsinki
We spent the day in Helsinki, first doing a guided walking tour, then we did a bit of exploring on our own. We saw a couple of these autonomous delivery machines. Old sailing ships seem to be popular here, I counted 13, all registered in Helsinki. We had…
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Levi to Helsinki
The journey through Finland to the Southern capitol of Helsinki has been through yet more forests and lakes. Yesterday there was a noticeable change in the environment though. Bigger, busier roads, more people, we even noticed aircraft, something we had not seen in over a week. Our only…
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Kiruna to Levi (Finland)
After a brief visit to the mining town of Kiruna we travelled North East to cross into Finland at Karesuvanto. It is the furthest North i have ever been, and the start of the long track South to Helsinki. The day was mostly through more forests and lakes,…
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Days 10-12 Crossing the Artic Circle
Day 10 was a very wet and monotonous drive through Sweden with the aim of crossing the Artic Circle. We saw lots of rain, wet roads, trees, lakes and then, near our destination for the day of Jokkmokk, we were given a wonderful surprise.. The surprise was a…