SCANDINAVIA SUMMER '97

Hitch-hiking across Scandinavia

Standing proud and tall :)

Suomi - Finland

On the way to Helsinki

The streets of Helsinki

Celebrating midsummer holiday Juhannus in Jyväskylä. Left to right - Ari's sister, Mirja Soukko, Ari Panu, Kaissa, me, Boris.

Poliisi - doh! Cops.

Not again... Well actually Finnish cops are much nicer than Russian.

The city of Oulu. Funny.

Welcome to Lapland - Civilized Wilderness.

Nice postcard with reindeer.

Rovaniemi. This is where Santa Claus lives. I snuck into his seat when he took off somewhere with his elves.

Me dressed up in national Lappish clothing. I love the hat!

Napapiiri, or the Arctic Circle. Starting to feel like the North Pole ain't too far.

Standing right on the Arctic Circle. Yes it is an actual line on the ground! You can kind of see the words on it.

Norge - Norway

Karigasniemi. Crossing the Finnish-Norwegian border.

Alta, Norge.

Altafjorden - my first fjord.

When I FINALLY get to the mountains what do I do? Climb on top of them of course!

Me and Boris with Alta and the Arctic ocean in the background.

Hammerfest. Now we are talkin' Arctic! This is the most northern town in the world. Temperature 5 degrees Celcius in July. Gotta love it.

Reindeer in the streets of Hammerfest.

Taking a break in a mountain pass on the way to Tromsø.

Welcome to Tromsø.

On a ferry across Tysfjorden.

Anyone going to Narvik?

Frozen lake in the middle of summer. Hmm... On the way to Bodø.

A girl in a Norwegian dress. Nice.

Me. Kickin' it in Trondheimsfjorden.

Boris, me and Jan Øyvind Berg in Peppes Pizza. The pizza is gone.

Nidaros cathedral in Trondheim. This is where the Norwegian kings are inaugurated.

Me chilling in Trondheim. I love that place.

Me and Boris on a bridge by Peppes Pizza place.

An awesome postcard of Geirangerfjord

Fantastic view of Flåm

Me in Jotunheimen mountains

Me, Betsy and Boris on top of Stetinden mountain 2000 m.o.h.

View from Stetinden over Jotunheimen.

Jotunheimen again. Hey I love mountains so bear with me :)

Awesome canyon by Leirvasby

Me hicking up in the Jotunheimen mountains

Walking on glacier

This is the last one in the mountains series. I took a nice slide on my butt down this one!

Me and Boris in Lillehammer

A cop girl in the streets of Oslo

Alexander, Boris and me by a church building in Olso

Me and Boris taking a fun train ride from Oslo to Mysen

Hitch hiking on the Norwegian-Swedish border

Sverige - Sweden

Me sitting on a bench by the Sweden Stockholm Temple

Me and my friends eating wafers in Stockholm

Dima, Alexander, me and Boris sitting by a Viking rune stone

Alexander and me by elevators on a ferry in our sleeping bags. 10th floor.

Danmark - Denmark

Me, Alexander and Boris by a church building in Frederikshavn

Knivholt Hovedgård

Resting in the streets of Frederikshavn

I hope to add more pictures later!