Oulu Hotels - Reviews and Rates

After what seems like the longest day of travel ever (maybe because it was actually almost 2 days?!) I finally arrived in Oulu. The entire journey was good, no major disasters, though I spent a fair amount of time worrying that there would be, lol! The flight from Vancouver to London was long, but I managed to sleep a bit. Probably would have sl...

I spent this first week in Finland with Steve and Judy again- just a relaxed week: Connie came, there was a baptism for Gerda, and we started getting ready for our train travels.

We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with Gabe and Arja and their kiddos- it was a relaxing and fun time. On the 26th we had a family get-together, a 'Byman Christmas party' at Aaron and Paula's since there were so many of us in Finland at the same time! Angie and Jouni came up from Jyvaskyyla with their kids, Lawrence & Barb and Kevin & Kel...

I took quite a few pictures of snow and sunrises/sunsets- the sun rose around 10:30am and set at around 3:00 pm- not too many hours of daylight. But it was still quite light in the evenings because of the reflection of the snow, especially if it was cloudy.