Another Milestone

Today we have reached another milestone in that it's now only 4 weeks until we depart northbound. The kids are getting excited about the prospect too and it's probably due in a small way to the excited parents factor that's now rubbing off on them. We are all heading for a journey and vacation unknown to us (but we'll make the most of it) as usually our summer vacation is to a destination of notoriously sunnier climes with swimming pool, bar and plenty of things to do. However, i'm sure there's still plenty to do in Lapland this time of year and we're looking forward to investigating.

Although we have no planned itinerary for our trip, I do find the thought of driving to Sweden (approximately 1 hour away), Norway and the Russian border quite appealing. Also, a trip to the Arktikum Museum http://www.arktikum.fi/ in Rovaniemi to research the way of life, culture and history of the Lapland region also features as a possibility that must be considered.

As the amount of time I have available to write this today is in short supply, I will end it here and try and think of some more ramblings for the forthcoming days.

Don't forget folks, any comments, feedback or questions that you have, please send them as they might stop the well of my thoughts and ramblings from drying up.

Finally, I have just cheked on the Yllas website http://www.yllas.fi/ and the temperature today is 15 degrees celsius so it's starting to warm up nicely and hopefully by the time we arrive in four weeks time that it will be well into the 20's.