By the time we post this we will be in Norway, but we had to write about Finland while we were still in it. It is a fabulous country and the history quite extraordinary, how the early people survived in Lapland with its winters we could only guess. We found the people to be a lot like Australians, easy going, relaxed, friendly, willing to help and overall happy. It has been a great trip from the south to the north, on the way we travelled through some beautiful f...

Is is great to be in a country that has a slower pace! We didn't get far into Finland before we stopped for the night. We stopped in a place called Hamina, we only stopped for one night and stayed for three! We stayed in a caravan park with a beach on the Gulf of Finland and the water was good enough to swim in, not too cold. From there we went to Helsinki and stayed there for another three nights. We did some sight seeing and went for another dip in the waters....