Lahdimme Uudesta Seelannista viitisen viikkoa sitten pakattuamme laatikot ja huonekalut varastoon vuodeksi. Vietimme kuukauden paivat Suomessa, lahinna Lapissa. Talvimaisemissa tekemista riitti, ja luntakin oli Pohjoisessa enemman kuin tarpeeksi. Aiti ja Pentti hakivat meidat Luulajan lentokentalta Ruotsin puolelta. Talla kertaa halvimmat lennot loytyivat Emiratesilta Brisbanen ja Dubain kautta Tukholmaan. Koska meilla jai perhejoulu Uudessa Seelannissa kokem...

For the first time in weeks we had set an alarm for the morning, we needed to be awake unreasonably early to get to the airport for 6:30am. The first flight of the day out of Kemi would take us to Helsinki for a weekend of catching up with with friends & family. Gonzalo & Nora kindly gave up their Saturday morning sleep time to collect us from the airport. After a quick breakfast we were on the metro bound for the city centre. There was a cold wind blowin...

The forecasted rain was coming down as snow but with the continued unseasonal 'high' temperature it wasn't replacing what had melted over the last 24 hours. We were heading back to Venejärvi today to pick up stuff we had left there and start the packing process for our Latin American adventure. There was time however for a burger at Julli's before leaving Ylläs. David couldn't get past the 'Burger with Antlers' on the menu, pretty much a regular cheese...

The temperature had been gradually creeping up towards freezing point recently and by this morning it reached it. By the time sun came up around 10am, the mercury was going through the roof. Finland is a bit different when they talk about temperature, they use the word 'plus' when it's warmer than freezing...so today it was 'plus four'. By no means warm enough to start shedding the layers of clothes, it was warm enough to start melting the snow however. It was v...

The last 2 days have just been a mixture of snowboarding, eating, saunas and watching the final games of ice hockey in the Sochi Winter Olympics. The temperature has been getting warmer but the wind stronger, so overall it doesn't feel much different. David needs to be careful he doesn't grow horns and get signed up for sleigh duty, he has been eating so much reindeer he might just turn into one - on pancakes with smoked cheese, stuffed into steak with pepper sau...