Another fieldwork done in the Nordics. My first real trip to Finland, after just a few border crossings along roadtrips between Sweden and Norway. What an experience, as we drove from Stockholm, took the ferry over to Turku and drove up to Kuopio and Siilinjärvi. In Siilinjärvi we worked in a mine for 7 days, it was just an adventure to be allowed to drive an arctic truck between heavy loaders inside europe’s largest open pit mine. We went for a city walk in Kuopio town, and I flew home via Helsinki. It’s not the most exciting country in the world, but they sure have the coolest language! 😉
Kiruna – Northern Sweden 2014
Went to Kiruna for two weeks with my job, was an interesting trip which brought me a new view on the northern Lappland area. Very beautiful nature and so much culture. Got to visit the iron mine and mingled with lots of reindeer. Ran around in the deep old forests and met new people. Even drove all the way into the foot of Sweden’s highest mountain – Kebnekaise. I drove up and took an airplane back – in total I clocked almost 3000km in these two weeks… PUH!
The alps – roadtrip 2014
1600km, through Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland and France. I love the alps!
Got to see one element on my bucket list: the dolomites!
Paris Le France 2014
Paris – I thought you were lame but you were awesome!
Me and my BFF went to Paris, had a great time. More info to come.
Montreál – Canada 2014
Sooooo I got an offer about going to Montreál, and I said yes. And then I went on my first transatlantic flight, to North America, a week later. Alone. Feels good to be a bit crazy every now and then.
I do not speak a single word french, but french Canada was superb! I’d love to see even more of Quebec 🙂
Pictures coming ahoy!
Funfact about Quebec: The cars in Quebec only have licence plates on the back of the cars, not in the front. This gives them a very clean and nice appearance from the front. The reason is that a governor thought it was silly to have licence plates on the front of cars – a “waste of metal” – and he therefore banned it.
Iceland 2014 – round three
Ah, again and again and again. Beautiful. Lovely. Iceland! ❤
Pictures will come!
Abu Dhabi & Dubai 2013
For my birthday, my boyfriend gave me a trip to the United Arab Emirates. Even better, we were flying with Lufthansa on Business Class. THANK YOU HUBBIE!!!
This would be my first time on a flight longer than 4 hours.
Super early connecting flight to Frankfurt. Ugh. Very gusty during takeoff, but awesome german pilots did the trick. Got a great breakfast.
In Frankfurt we checked in for our next flight, and I got the news that my boyfriend had got me great seats for the flight. 3A & B! YAY!
Med andre ord: mini-kabin! YAY!
D-AIKI
3A 🙂 Kews!
Cruiselevel and appetizer time!
The flight was super comfortable. No pig meat on the menu though….!! LOL 😉
Duck meat
I had some pasta for dinner, then I fell asleep and woke up above the Carpatians.
Sunset above the carpatians
På innflyvninga til Abu Dhabi
Landing in Abu Dhabi and immigration was pretty quick. Suddenly I was further away from home than I’d ever been. I’ll forever remember the feeling of exiting the terminal with our rental car-guy. It was so warm, the terminal was so over-extravagant, I felt like I was in a James Bond movie there and then. I’ve never felt like that ever before.
Our hotel was super nice and luxurious; Sofitel. And don’t get me started about our rental car which was ridiculously cheap and SO SEXY. SERIOUSLY. Merchedes GLK 350. The sound that car made on the roads were just…. Eargasm. We had room-service bring us food since it was my birthday. What a fantastic day.
The next day we got up early and ate some delicious breakfast, before we went outside and started sightseeing. Just driving around was an experience, people were crashing (honestly….!) and the buildings were ridiculously high. The whole town was decorated in the United Arab Emirates colors due to the 42-year celebration of the state. They sure know how to party down there… 🙂 We checked out Ethiad towers, Emirates palace, several shopping centres and went for a walk in Abu Dhabi Marina (where they had speedboats!) before we drove out to Yas Island and checked out Ferrari World. Crazy stuff! I still feel the funniest part was driving our own car super fast on the roads…. hahaha 😀
This car….. THIS CAR. I MISS YOU
Our hotel
View from our hotel room
We ate some great food in a restaurant that night, and got to bed a bit early. Because the next day we got up early to go to the Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. It was one of the most beautiful buildings I have ever seen. Just magnificent! They held a prayer session when we were there, which was quite special and rewarding to hear and see. After that we drove to Dubai and my mind got blown away again. All these places I’ve seen on pictures started popping up everywhere. And Burj Al Khalifa…. Seriously, that tower is crazy! We visited the tower, and then spent the rest of the day at Dubai Mall + eating at a restaurant and watching the light/water show. Was pretty cool 🙂
Enroute Dubai
Skyline of Dubai
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LED-lights in relation to the national day
Animated LED-lights…!
42 year celebration
42 year celebration
Huge building
Detail
The return was also with Lufthansa, on business class. And thank god for that, leaving from Abu Dhabi airport was pretty horrible. Overcrowded undersized airport with bad facilities. It felt so good getting onboard and falling asleep!!! Landed in Frankfurt the next morning, before transferring to the next flight back home. What an experience, super way to celebrate my birthday 🙂
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Businessclass. It’s the nice way to fly.
Santorini – 2013
So yeah, we went to this amazingly beautiful island in September 2013.
Will follow up with more pics and stuff 🙂
Bodø og Saltdalen 2013
We went to our cabin in Bodø this autumn, visiting Saltstraumen and enjoying the northern norwegian nature.
Northern Norway // Finnmark round trip 2013
I suffer from severe aerophilia, which means that I some times do crazy, weird stuff. Like ordering a round trip through Finnmark at 08:00 and then going to the airport 09:30 for a 5 hour trip…..
23 Juli // WF932
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TOS-SOJ-HFT-MEH-BVG-VDS
Tromsø-Sørkjosen-Hammerfest-Mehamn-Berlevåg-Vadsø
The multi-stop route is an excellent chance to see our beautiful country from the air, low level. The first leg I sat by the emergency exit, and got a good window for sightseeing.
Vindusplass, et viktig element av en heisatur med Widerøe. Den grønne motoren, det vakre landskapet vi har i Norge…. Det må bare oppleves! Her ser vi Lyngsalpene i det fjerne.
The flight to Sørkjosen is very special, across the Lyngen Alps and then circle to land over a delta. The landing sequence is very manual flying and bumps and flap 40….
Approaching Sørkjosen, som ligger på høyresiden av deltaet (kjosen) vi ser på bildet.
On finals inn til Sørkjosen
Next flight goes to Hammerfest!
Det brant livlig fra Melkøya, antar de hadde stopp i produksjonen. Mye CO2 som går i lufta… huff huff 😉
As the captain exits for the walk around, he comes over to me and asks me if I want to join them in the cockpit for the rest of the trip. THANKS TO THOSE WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE! You know who you are, and I truly LOVE YOU. I get an excellent view of the rest of the trip. Finnmark is very special, with a nature that is different from Tromsø. We pass the northernmost point of Europe – Kinnarodden – as well as the northernmost light house in Europe. We land in Mehamn and I stick my head out the door to get some fresh northern air. Lovely!
Mellom Honningsvåg og Mehamn. Nede til høyre har du Kjøllefjord, ute til venstre har du Nordkynnodden – det nordligste punktet på det norske fastland.
Vi svinger inn mot Mehamn. Hele bebyggelsen kan sees i midten av bildet. Helt sjukt at disse små avhullene har en flyplass hver! Jeg digger Norge, vi har så mange artige features 🙂
Samlingen er komplett, jeg har besøkt alle flyplasser i Nord-Norge med rutefly!
Særdeles deilig vær i Mehamn, 15 grader og CAVOK 😉
10 minutes flight later, and we’re in Berlevåg. Leaving Berlevåg we pass Båtsfjord for Vadsø – where we have a 20 minute stop. I join the crew (!) for the lunch, in the sun on the tarmac of Vadsø. What a great experience. Super nice people.
Departing Mehamn, rwy 35
Verdens nordligste fyr, “Slettnes Fyr”, mellom Mehamn og Berlevåg.
Left downwind, Berlevåg Lufthavns rullebane kan sees i bildet
Leaving Berlevåg, litt større by enn Mehamn
Finnmarka fra 5000 fot. PENT!
Innflyvning over Vadsø sentrum, med masta og rullebanen synlig i øvre midtre del av bildet.
Det var litt kald vind på tarmac i Vadsø – så vi måtte gå inn i flyet og varme oss… hehe 😛
23 Juli // WF985
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VDS-TOS
Vadsø-Tromsø
Time to go back home, and we takeoff in the beautiful weather for Tromsø. We climb to flight level 21,000 SLOWLY (dash 8-100s climb slowly, VERY slowly…) before starting our decent. OH MY GOD the lyngen alps?! They are just… gorgeous.
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Styrmann Erlend fører oss trygt fra Vadsø til Tromsø
NORGE!!! ❤
We go in for a short visual approach due to incoming traffic, and at 15.30 I was back at start. What a great flight with Widerøe – thank you so much for the hostpitality! I love Norway!!!
Travellin' memories 