Day 25 Frankfurt 🔜 Dubai

Today is a travel day again. We are currently waiting to board our Emirates flight to Dubai. We are going to fly with an A380.  In one of the waiting areas we saw a couple with tons of luggage...How are they ever going to carry that!? As we are flying into the summer we decided...

Day 19 Lyngenalps to Tromsø

On our last day in Norway we sadly had to leave our lovely little house in Åroybukt to drive back to Tromsø. To avoid a long drive we decided to take the ferry in Svensby. It only takes about 20min and with 120NOK the price is ok. After we arrived in Tromsø we headed to...

Day 18 Aurora Borealis

Our expectations for Tuesday night were kinda high as the aurora forecast was extremely good and the skies were clear.  So we watched the sky on and off from about 6pm. At first there was nothing but around 7pm the first lights showed up. This time we decided to take the car and to drive...

Day 18 Lyngenalps

On Tuesday we wanted to explore the Lyngenalps area a little. The weather was perfect again even if it was pretty cold. Therefore we drove to the other side of the mountains our holiday home was on. We decided on a hike to a Lighthouse at the very end of the road no. Fv312 to...

Day 17 extra: Aurora Borealis

Amazingly with an aurora forecast of 2 out of 9 for Monday we only looked out of the window out of habit and wow there was an incredible show! We jumped into our warm clothes, grabbed hat, gloves, camera and tripod and headed outside! It was truly another magical night which proved all sorts of...

Day 17 Lyngenalps/Lyngenfjord

After having spend a wonderful quiet and relaxing first night in our beautiful holiday home we enjoyed a lengthy breakfast and followed the recommendation of our host to hike to a nearby lake. The hike was not to difficult and after 45 minutes we had reached the lake. The weather was beautiful but it was...

Day 16 From Alta to Årøybukt (Lyngenfjord)

For Sunday we had planned a driving day as its pretty far from Alta down to Lyngenfjord (350km). With a speed limit ranging from 50 km/h to max. 90km/h 350km is a pretty long distance. In total we it took 6 hours with several photo stops, getting gas etc. The drive is really pretty as...

Day 16 extra: Aurora Borealis

As the Lyngenalps and Lyngenfjord are supposed to be a prime location to watch the aurora, supposedly the weather is more often clear, as the clouds get trapped in the mountains coming from the sea, our expectations were up to see some northern lights in Årøybukt 🙂 Unfortunately the aurora forecast for Sunday night was...

Day 15 From Honningsvag to Alta: Reindeer, Sea Eagle and Huskies

After a much more quiet night in the hostel (well everything is quiet compared to our cabin on the ship) we started our trip down south again. Our destination for the day was Alta. Alta is the biggest town in the Finnmark area with a population of about 20.000. The weather was about the same...

Day 13 extra: Aurora Borealis

When we left Tromsø Thursday evening at 6:30pm it was already getting dark. Once we left the port it was really dark and the first stars appeared. While we sat on Deck 7 to watch the cruise past Tromsø we saw a first glimpse of the aurora. We bolted to our cabin to get camera...