Beautiful Lapland of Finland

It's the home of Santa Claus and Rudolph the red nose reindeer, with the darkest days in winter and the brightest days in summer...to give an example; In northern part of Lapland the sunrise is at 11:58am and sunrise at 12:19pm (yes, 21min later!) in winter time and in summer it's the other way around. So basically in winter it's dark all the time for 3 months and bright all the time for 3 months...crazy, uh?

Here are some beautiful photos of the winter wonderland of Lapland, enjoy!



All photos from http://www.levi.fi/fi/kuvapankki.html

There are the main 6 airports in Lapland to fly to; Rovaniemi, Kittilä, Kuusamo, Ivalo, Enontekiö and Kemi-Tornio. There are the main ski resorts with all the activities close at: Levi, Ylläs, Pyhä, Ruka, Luosto, Suomu, Salla, Saariselkä, Olos-Pallas...

I highly recommend Lapland to families, couples, singles and seniors...there are plenty of things to see in the magical area of Finland. It's easy to reach from all over the world by flying on airBaltic, Finnair, Blue1 or FinnComm Airlines. Just check their website and you are already 1/3 booked to see the beautiful part of world.   :)

Love letter to Bondi Beach...

Dear Bondi Beach,

I just wanted to let you know that I miss you SO much! I've been thinking of you heaps lately as it's been snowing and snowing the last 3 weeks in Finland. I just miss your warmness and happiness all year round! Of course you have bad and rainy days once in a while but you still 'shine' in your beautiness no matter what.

You made me feel special every day. I feel something is missing when I'm without you...

I got some exciting news this week that I might be there sooner I thought, have to tell you about it later. But I'm looking forward to seeing you sooner or later. And that time it'll be for a long time again, I promise.

Take care and say hello to all my friends who you are still treating well, I heard.

Love always xxx ooo

*Girl from Curlewis St who loved sunbathing in South-Bondi and loved watching sunsets in North-Bondi*

Perfect day with you!

Remember you smiling when I took photo from the plane? :)

You are SO beautiful, no matter from which ankle I look at you...

You are always there listening my thoughts...

Nothing is better than You on sunset!

Alternatives for hotel stays

When you are planning your trip to a certain city, do you just look for a web-travel agency recommendations for hotels?? I don't. There are so many other options to choose from, and most of all, saving some money!

There are lots of apartments to choose from, from private, vacation rentals, use to 'hotel-a-like' apartments. Here is one of my favourite:

http://www.airbnb.com/

This portal offers different kind of accomodation in 168 cities around the world. It offers normal aparments to extreme accommodations in the jungle, like below...

Costa Rica, Manuel Antonio $400/night

There are cheaper and 'normal' places to stay in Costa Rica...

Costa Rica, Casita with Hot Springs, Aguas Zargas $49/night

Then there are the beautiful city apartments, lofts as well:

Lisbon, Portugal $82/night

Paris, France $119/night

Hong Kong $150/night

New York, USA $165/night

So where ever you travel you can feel "home away home". :)