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On the ‘search for santa’ day of our trip to Lapland we were transported deep into the forest by coach. We arrived at a sort of ‘base camp’ area which had a large wooden cabin with hot drinks, biscuits and the equipment for the day.

Whilst I tried my hand at snowmobiling, Erin was pulled along in a sleigh along with the other children by a guide who was able to go faster than 2mph (!)

There were lots of mini activities at base camp including a large igloo to explore, …

If you’ve been following my blog for a while you’ll know that I have a list of 100 things to do before I die.
During my recent trip to Lapland I had the opportunity to tick off another one from my list – 25. Try Snowmobiling.
On the wednesday we headed deep into the forest in search of santa, but before we did that we went on a snowmobile safari along a winding track that took us through some narnia-esque scenery. I was pretty nervous after reading and signing my …

On our second day in Lapland after huskie sledding we had some lunch before being transported to a local hotel for some Christmas arts and crafts. Erin loves arts and crafts so thoroughly enjoyed creating a party hat and a Christmas card (which she later gave to Father Christmas).
After the afternoon activities we walked to the local village church which was exceptionally pretty. We sang British carols while the minister talked to us about Finnish culture and life in the village. Unfortunately most of it wasn’t the …

Our first organised trip was the huskie sledding experience.
We must have seen over fifty different huskies at the huskie farm as we walked down to the sledding area.
The safety and instructions talk began and it became clear that *all* adults and older children would have the opportunity to drive the sleds, which came as a bit of a shock really. As one gentleman pointed out if we were back in the UK we’d probably need a week long course in huskie handling before they’d let us take full control!
The …

This post could have quite easily been called ‘Easyjet you bar stewards’ but, no diplomacy is my middle name so I’ll just have a little in-post rant instead. Trust me, I’m entitled grrrr
The flight from Edinburgh was delayed by about two and a half hours, no problem though we passed the time with croissants dipped in hot chocolate, yum!

However our arrival in Stansted was a different story. I’d booked an ‘airport hotel’ via the easyjet site. I checked at the information desk, they were very vague and hadn’t …