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Hello from Kangerlussuaq! Waking up at 7, with the morning light glowing in around all the edges of the curtains, we were sure that when throwing back the curtains we would see the sunrise over the runway. But it was dark….like pitch dark! Oh wait, that light around the curtain was a...
We spent this morning strolling about on a blustery morning, so windy that the flags were flapping straight out! Our first destination was to find the Metro station, just scoping it out for our two days in Copenhagen next week. It almost seems out of place, but it’s tucked into a...
Another trip, another story to tell! When we initially started our travel blog we said “yeah, let’s call the day we depart Day 0 as there’s nothing to report”. And the past few trips have proved otherwise, so we’re starting with Day 1 – the day we left KC. We had an afternoon flight...
We headed to Helsinki, Finland this morning, which is the fourth and final country on our agenda. This trip necessitated taking a ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki, roughly a 2 – 1/2 ferry ride. When we say ferry, it wasn’t the type of ferry you might cross the mighty Mississippi on...
As suspected, this wasn’t a slow day. Pretty certain our step counters were the highest ever today! This was despite the unanimous consensus that breakfast (the fuel for our highest step count ever) was sub-par. The atmosphere in the hotel basement was however outstanding (and worth...
(Fair warning, this will be a long post with a lot of pictures… there was a lot to see today.) Our time on Saaremaa ended this morning and we headed for Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. We again had to take the ferry, which is thankfully only a 20 minute ride. Once we arrived in...