Northern Finland has been glorious. We have really got into our groove here and are feeling very much at home. There is a comfortable sense of predictability about our days which are made up of a combination of the same experiences: gathering and gorging on the abundant forest berries; spending nights drinking hot chocolate & brandy and looking out for the northern lights; sweating like mad in hot and steamy saunas; hiking through never ending forests and ove...

We are sitting in front of a camp fire in the middle of nowhere by the side of a lake writing the blog, life could not be better! Our Finnish odyssey began only a couple of weeks ago when we got the ferry over from Stockholm to Turku, in the south west of the country. Our first stop was the town of Valkeakoski where we met up with good friends Jon & Heidi at her parents' house. We spent a brilliant few days cycling around the local area, swimming in the la...