Got back earlier this week from a month long adventure to the arctic circle and around Eastern Europe. I'm happy to be back in London and doing absolutely nothing!
I've been traveling a lot since Jan including quick weekend pitstops to Majorca, Madrid, Marseille and Lisbon with Lisa, and longer trips to Tromso in Norway to see the Northern Lights and 3 weeks around Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria with Fel.
The highlight of these trips has got to be seeing the Northern Lights in Norway with Fel, Anna and Jamie. Two nights out of 3 we saw amazing dancing displays of green lights across the dark sky. It took my breath away. For one of the days we took off to the border of Finland to embark on a wild bumpy ride on a sled pulled by the cutest huskies on earth. It was quite an experience flying along the pristine snow, trying not to laugh and breath in the smelly flatulence from these little guys. It's a marvel how the huskies can poop, pee, fart and run all at the same time! Unfortunately we were very much downwind from this... Suffocation aside, it was the best fun!
Eastern Europe was cool to do though to be honest, all the eastern european cities have blurred in my mind. We tried to fit in seeing natural scenery and that worked out really well. The scenic highlights were seeing picture perfect Lake Bled and Bohinj in Slovenia and the numerous waterfalls at Plitvice Lake in Croatia. The people of Romania were incredibly friendly and helpful and Peles Castle in Sinaia was gorgeous. I was also pleasantly surprised by Sarajevo, the people there were so friendly and upbeat and the old town had a wealth of beautiful architecture despite most buildings being riddled with bullet holes.
I'm looking forward to seeking out Clooney next weekend at Lake Como, until then I shall endeavour to get a tan with the unexpected beautiful sunshine here in London!
