Winter Break

This week my family came out to Norway and we flew up to Tromsø and I got to tick seeing the Northern Lights of my bucket list. It was nice having a family holiday again it’s been a while.

We went out to a small beach to see the northern lights, it was absolutely freezing, but so worth it. The group we went out with brought hot drinks and marshmallows, we made a fire toasted marshmallows and we were lucky enough to see the lights. Something I’ve always wanted to see and I’m so happy I got the chance. It was beautiful but freezing, we stayed out till about 23:30 before calling it a night honestly if it wasn’t so cold I could of stayed out for longer. The lights started out small and then they grew, they didn’t get much brighter than you can see in the pictures, but they danced and flickered I guess getting brighter then fading.

We also got the chance to go dog sledging through a valley in Tromsø which was also beautiful, the dogs were oh so cute and so excitable. I also attempted a pirouette in the snow and learnt that as hard as I try I can’t do a pirouette in a snowsuit and boots.

We spent the days exploring town, visiting the Cathedral, art museum and taking the Fjellheisen cable car up from Tromsdalen to the mountain ledge Storsteinen (421 m above sea level). It’s got the best views, but it was a pretty cloudy day so we couldn’t see much and I could barely keep my eyes open in the snow but it was pretty cool.