Akaskero Nature Resort
Travel Blogs from Akaslompolo
Lapland - Shopping in Akaslompolo
Lapland - Shopping in Akaslompolo The restaurant was closed from Tuesday evening to Thursday lunch. The reason was that most of the lodge was empty during that time. The Wilderness Tour, the Advanced Tour, and the Panorama Tour - three types of husky mushing tours - were on the go from Monday to Thursday. Only the guests of the Exclusive Tour were …
Christmas and Boxing Day
... worth the €7. But, whatever! We had fun peeking into the hotel rooms—each one had a theme and a variety of awesome ice sculptures. There was even an ice bar, and an ice chapel in the Snow Village! After Mari, Sari, Natasha, and I walked around the hotel, we found a slide to sled down, and climbed on different snow sculptures. By this time, I had absolutely frozen feet (through two pairs of wool socks), and I needed to thaw out. So, we left and took ...
Finnish Christmas Eve
... 8220;Santa’s Sauna Elf”, which included a Finnish sauna beer, tar soap, and an exfoliating sponge. Everything was so festive and wonderful! :) During the evening, Natasha pointed out how much of a brandy fiend I was. First time I’ve been drunk on Christmas Eve.
After presents, we played this horribly politically incorrect game that was made in the 1950s. The game was called “African Tahiti” and the goal was to find ...
Day 1 in the Arctic Circle
... watching them bake, and having the left over cookie dough that didn't fit on the two baking sheets. After baking, it was time for the Finnish sauna!!!!
The Finnish sauna is intense—and awesome. :D So basically, the Finnish sauna is next to the shower, and the three of us chose to sit in the sauna in bathing suits (I was in underwear and Mari’s bikini top since I didn’t think ahead ...
Lapland - Departure home
Lapland - Departure home Our shuttle bus picked us up at 7 a.m. together with a number of other guests. Our flight was to depart Kittila at 10.05 a.m. We got to the airport in only 45 minutes. The airport was pretty boring. Nothing to do. Luckily our stopover in Helsinki was only two hours, and so we got back to Frankfurt by 3.30 p.m. By the way, Frankfurt had ...