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...

Our cruise ship pulled into a cold Stockholm harbour a little after 10:30 on Saturday 10 November. We were quite impressed to find a mobile tourist information car parked right outside, which provided us with a city map and pointed us on our way. We had arranged to do CouchSurfing in Stockholm which we were quite excited about, so we bought our travel cards at the nearest metro station and made our way to our host's house. Ramon & Daniela were at the sta...