Finland

AC-03 Arctic Circle trip
Date of travel: Jun 12 – Jun 29, 2003
ITINERARY:
Leaving Prague, Czech Republic by air for Stockholm, SWEDEN and brought by an old friend from the airport to the harbor. A night ferry from Stockholm to ALAND ISLANDS in the Baltic Sea belonging to FINLAND, where I spent a day visiting the islands capital Mariehamn and the Kastelholm Castle outside the town.

Another night ferry to Turku, FINLAND sightseeing the city by myself AM and a city tour PM. Then by train to Helsinki. One day sightseeing the city alone with a boat ride of the bay in the afternoon. Then I joined the Globus group which
started in Danmark, traveled to Sweden and came on ferry to Helsinki. With them I traveled by bus through Finland from Jun 16 until Jun 21 visiting Helsinki, Lahti, Kuopio, Ouli, Rovaniemi (on the Arctic Circle), Saariselka, Inari (museum of Sami People).

Then we crossed to NORWAY, where we traveled Jun 21 through Jun 29 and visited: North Cape, took a ferry from Hommingsvag to Hammerfest, continuing by bus to Alta, Narvik, crossed the Arctic Circle back south, Mo, Trondheim, Lillehammer and all the way to the country capital Oslo. The last day I took a plane from Oslo via Copenhagen to Prague.

Travel office: Globus (through Pavlus Travel from New Mexico, USA)
Who took part: On the beginning I traveled alone and in Helsinki I joined a group of 41 mostly Northamericans and an English leader from Globus Tours.