Making educational family travel dreams
Joulukka in Finland is without a shadow of a doubt, one of the best trips we have ever had as a family. We travelled to Rovaniemi in Finland to visit the ‘Official Hometown of Santa Claus’ to celebrate Christmas with our 5-year-old in fabulous, storybook winter setting. We wanted to visit here whilst the Santa […]
Whilst travelling in Rovaniemi, Finland to visit the ‘Official Hometown of Santa Claus’ to celebrate Christmas with our 5-year-old in a fabulous, storybook winter setting we wanted to enjoy a ride in a Reindeer sleigh. Collected at our Chalet and were headed to the Reindeer Farm. We were introduced to Sami folk who were our […]
I had experienced dog sledding in Alaska many years earlier, however this time was even more exciting. I was bursting with anticipation to experience this as a family. We had pre-booked a tour from Rovanemi. The tour company collected us and drove us 20 minutes out of town to the Husky farm. Friendly barks of the […]
We were collected from our hotel in Rovaniemi by car, driven to Langonlampi lake where we were to have a traditional Lappish spa experience. It was an intimate setting, only the 3 of us and the Lappish couple running the experience. We had the remote and picturesque location to ourselves. I clearly did not do […]
We travelled to Helsinki with our 5-year-old Kidsetter in tow. We were headed further north to see Santa and his elves in Rovaniemi, however we had to journey through Helsinki. Not one to miss an opportunity, we thought we’d explore this beautiful city at Christmas time. We checked into our splendid hotel – Hotel Lilla […]