Erin and Mike

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Hello and welcome to our travel blog!

Mike and I make our home in Ottawa Canada and we are preparing to embark on our first trip overseas. We are planning a 3 week trek through Norway, Sweden and Finland. The trip will be divided into 6 days in Norway, 6 in Sweden and 10 days in Finland.





Travel Blog Posts


Hello from Helsinki...again

Published: May 28th 2006Europe » Finland » Uusimaa » Helsinki
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May 28th 2006

Hey Everybody, I had a feeling it would be a tough time getting a ride from the T.O. but it never hurts to ask :) We get a discount on Greyhound so its no prob for us to bus it home come Tuesday. Smitty, if you look on my extensive list of dog instructions, you'll see the name of the pet store where we get Annabelle's food. Just bring the old bag with you and ask the people at the front desk to find the right stuff if you are still unsure....by the way, I'm glad to hear your cleaning up after them so....thoroughly! Thanks so much for booking the Holiday Inn for us on our last day Richard!! Your the best!!! We were planning to sleep in the airport our last night but now we ... read more



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May 26th 2006

Hey Everyone, Were writing to you from lovely Oulu where its always raining!!! We arrived on May 22 at 9 pm and it was beautiful out. The sun set at 11:00 pm and we got to watch some of it from the ocean side beach near our cabin. Unfortunately, that was the only sun we have seen in our 5 days here... We finally found the library where we could use the internet, but low and behold, there was some sort of holiday yesterday and everything was closed. Our campsite is awesome and we've been enjoying our time in this small, picturesque town. Tomorrow morning, we leave for Helsinki again where we will spend the remainder of our trip before heading home on Tuesday morning. Finland has been an excellent place to visit and we will ... read more



Hello again

Published: May 21st 2006Europe » Finland » Southwest Finland » Turku
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May 21st 2006

Hey Folks and Smitty in particular, Can you please remember to check the mail for us? We should have some bills piling up by now and I can pay them online if you let me know who the bill is from and how much. Thanks a bunch! P.S. I LOVE FINLAND!!!! LORDI IS A EUROGOD!!!!... read more



11 pm

Published: May 21st 2006Europe » Finland » Southwest Finland » Turku
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May 21st 2006

mike we arrive at 11 pm can't talk long only have a minute. elder scrolls is the best give it time... read more



Finland the Fabulous!!!

Published: May 20th 2006Europe » Finland » Southwest Finland » Turku
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May 20th 2006

Hello all you adorable blog readers. Thanks so much for all the comments and updates about our beloved pooches. I knew they were the best but its great to hear it from others! Adam and Elaine, you must have been yelling at each other or dancing to have fooled the girls into thinking that you were us, good work! Thanks so much for the offers for money you silly Eco bitches! I love you guys, but honestly, don't worry about us, were doing ok. So, we spent the last 4 days in Helsinki in a lovely little cabin just outside the city. Finland is everything we'd hoped for and more. The city isn't as impressive as Stockholm or Bergen, but the people here are beyond fabulous! Everyone looks like us! There are even middle aged men ... read more



Hello from Stockholm

Published: May 16th 2006Europe » Sweden » Stockholm County » Stockholm
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May 16th 2006

Hi Everybody, We are just about to leave the beautiful city of Stockholm Sweden behind. We spent the night at a hostel dowtown in a cool old building. Everything here is just beautiful. The architecture is just beyond description. Walking through Gamla Stan (the old town) is like stepping back in time. There are bridges everywhere which connect the different islands to each other (the city is spread out over several islands big and small). There are parks everywhere and full of swans, ducks and pigeons of course. We went to the main harbour and saw an awesome reproduction of a dragon prowed long ship. It looked so authentic, you could almost picture a crew of vikings on board. We are nearly broke so we never made it to any museums, but the whole city itself ... read more



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May 15th 2006

It almost slipped our minds since they don't seem to celebrate mothers day here in Sweden! Happy Mother's Day to both of our wonderful, lovely mom's! We wish we could be there to help celebrate and give you loads of hugs and kisses, but you are both in our minds. All our love to the most important women in our lives! We miss you and will see you soon! Thanks for the update on the pups. I'm glad to hear they are enjoying their surrogate parents! Gothenburg was ok. It is quite small with very few sights to see (kind of like Ottawa, lol). There was a soccer game (or should I say football?) game yesterday so the locals were a bit riled up to say the least. One drunken asshole slammed into Mike while we ... read more



Hello From Sweden

Published: May 14th 2006Europe » Sweden » Västra Götaland » Gothenburg
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May 14th 2006

Hi Everyone, Lets take a moment of silence for the death of the Ottawa Senators in this years playoffs once again...... Damn you Hasek, Damn you to hell!!! On to happier news, we have arrived in Göteborg Sweden safe and sound last night after spending 10 hours on the train. We left Bergen early on Friday morning and headed to the village of Flåm Norway which was unbeliably beautiful. It is right at the mouth of the Sogenfjord with snow capped mountains all around. We took the Flåm railway down into the valley and it was quite a trip. We passed some amazing waterfalls and steep cliffs that were phenominal. We had a good laugh when a Chinese tourist and her daughter got off the train to take photos of a valley. We weren't supposed to ... read more



Thanks

Published: May 11th 2006Europe » Norway » Western Norway » Bergen
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May 11th 2006

Thanks for the comments guys...we miss you all too and yes, we are wearing the Guardian angels! Love you all and see you in 3 weeks!... read more



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May 11th 2006

Hello Everybody, Well, the Sens seem to be sucking some serious ass which makes me happy that we haven't had to sit through the disappointment of losing three games to Buffalo.....I guess the Sens really are cursed! We spent our day in Oslo travelling through the touristy area of Karl Johan Street and then took a bus to Bygdøy to visit the open air museum. The museum was fantastic with examples of Norwegian homes from the beginning of written history to the 1800's. The weather was insanely hot and poor Mike ended up with heat stroke which cut our day short. We spent the evening sitting by the lake shore across from our campsite watching the sun sink lower and lower. It was a beaufiful way to end our day in Oslo. Wednesday morning we packed ... read more






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