The time is 20:00, and the thermometer shows -12 degrees. But for how long? An hour ago the temperature reading was -8 degrees. So we are experiencing a 4 degree drop in an hour, and there are still approximately 10
It’s a good thing that we spent last night in the accommodations of the alpine-skiing club KORE, because during the night the temperature dropped to a freezing -26 degrees Celsius. I guess there’s no need to say that we would
This evening we reached Suomu ski-resort, where thanks to Laima Kaufiņa we met the members of the alpine-skiing club KORE. At this point there are approx. 100 Latvians in Suomu, because the Latvian and Baltic Alpine-Skiing Championship is taking place
Though I like to say, that the past doesn’t exist, the first part of the day went by remembering the sauna and admiring Heikki’s skillful hands. He is a retired hunter, but his hands are quick with plane, chisel and
It’s 16:40 and we have reached a town called Hirvasvaara. Last night the snowing stopped only around 2:00 making it a 12 hour long snowfall. We have nothing against the snow per se, but its nasty habit of melting in a
As planned we get on our way reasonably early - at 9:00. The temperature is -2 degrees Celsius and the weather is fine. And the route is fine as well - we cross a marsh, a frozen lake and follow
Our first nigh in the Finnish wilderness was quite comfy. The only problem is the late and slow start of the day. We got up quite late, because last night we went to sleep only after midnight, and the lack
When we get out of the train in the Kemijärvi station we are overwhelmed by the warmth of the local hearts - we are welcomed by accordion music, bonfires and Santa-clause himself, who by the look of it works here
The journey from Riga to Tallinn goes on with a somewhat dramatically-romantic feeling as we watch Forest Gump on the TV screen in the bus. It was one of my favorite movies while growing up. I often pushed the overplayed
The idea is to follow a 750 km long stretch of the Polar Circle from the border of Russia and Finland to the banks of the Norwegian Sea across Finland, Sweden and Norway. The participants of this adventure will walk