Our train pulled into Berlin Oestbahnhof in the late afternoon on Friday 23 November. The journey from Amsterdam had gone pretty smoothly apart from a short-ish delay at a tiny station somewhere in Germany while we waited for a delayed connection :-/ Fortunately, our hostel was just a short walk up the road, which meant that we were quickly able to dump our bags and hit the supermarket across the street. After another one of Monique's delicious meals, we spe...

We pulled into the main station on Wednesday 21 November just as the sun was rising over a bright but chilly Amsterdam. We were fortunate to be staying with another CouchSurfing host, but since we were only meeting them later that evening, we stashed our bags in the lockers at the train station and headed off to the main square to do a walking tour of the city centre. We soon saw what a cool city it is to walk around - with all it's canals, bridges, beautiful ...

Our overnight train down fron the north of Sweden was long and in the end we were so over it that we just couldn't wait to get off. We arrived in Copenhagen main station in the late afternoon on Sunday 18 November and, after getting our bearings, we set off to our hostel. It was a bit further than we thought, so it was dark by the time we arrived. We quickly had a much-needed shower and then Monique and I took a walk around the neighbourhood where we found a...

Our bus trip from Porjus to Gallivare took only about an hour, so we arrived at around midday on Friday 16 November. Unfortunately we didn't know which bus stop to get off at and ended up getting off way too soon :-/ Eventually, after trudging through much snow, we found our way back to the main train station where we bought our onward tickets. Then it was still about another half hour walk to the bed-and-breakfast we were staying at. Once we had dumped our...

We woke up on the train just in time to see the sun rising over forests of Christmas trees and frozen lakes - a very cool way to start the day. It was Tuesday 13 November when Patricia, the lady who ran the cottages we were staying in, kindly met us at the train station in Gallivare and took us back to Porjus. On the way back we stopped off at the supermarket for some supplies and at the ski slopes for a quick look. The sun was already setting as we drove ba...