Preparing for battle

Winter Wonderland

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March 20th 2007
As promised, here is more about my trip to Lapland. The next day we woke up early, vacations are never meant for sleeping in - you end up missing too much! After breakfast we headed out to a winter park - translated as snow nose land from Finnish. They had a snow labyrinth, reindeer rides, snowmobiles to ride on, and dog rides too. They also had different hills to go sledding on. However, before ... read more

Europe » Finland » Lapland

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Finland was a province and then a grand duchy under Sweden from the 12th to the 19th centuries and an autonomous grand duchy of Russia after 1809. It won its complete independence in 1917. During World War II, it was able to successfully defend its f... ... read more