Activities

At the hotel we took part in heaps of activities such as the snow mobile tour and the dog sled tour.

Chris and I on the dog sled.

Chris with the dogs.

Courtney and I with the snow mobiles.

Me in my snow mobile helmet.

Chris and Dad at the ice bar.

Having Fun in the snow!

When we were staying at the ice hotel all of us had a fantastic time playing in the snow.

Me making a snow angel.

Courtney playing with one of the sleds.

Chris, Courtney and I sliding down a big snow hill we found.

Chris sliding down the snow hill.

Me sliding down the hill.

Ice Hotel

The hotel was awesome! Here are a few snapshots from around the hotel.

The chapel next to the ice hotel.

Me through the ice in the chapel.

The actual hotel.

The beds inside the hotel.

Christmas

We had a Swedish Christmas, which means we had Christmas at 4 o'clock on Christmas Eve. Yay, early Christmas.

Our little Christmas tree and all the presents.

Us all looking at Courtney's new ipod.

Snowfight!

Here are the photos from our snowball fight in -20. Yay!

Moose.

Today we went on a Moose and Reindeer tour. We saw heaps of Reindeer and even a few moose. After we finished sightseeing we went to a little cabin and had a nice warm lunch. We even had time for a snowball fight, even though it was -2o outside.

The bus we went sightseeing in.

Some reindeer.

The scenery.

The little cabin where we had lunch.

Courtney and I in the car.

Kiruna Airport

Here are a few pictures from Kiruna airport. It's the tinniest airport we've ever been to. One terminal! And its freeeeezziing!

The Plane.

The airport.

Bye London!

We're heading off to Stockholm soon, and then on to Kirona.
See you soon.

The Natural History Museum

Yesterday we visited London's Natural History Museum. Our favourites were the Dinosaur Exhibit and the Gem Vault.

Us outside of the Museum.

Inside the Museum.

One of the dinosaurs from the main exhibit.

Chris took this cool photo of everybody walking around the museum.

Tower of London

In what seemed to be an endless day, we next visited the Tower of London. Inside, there were so many places to go that it would have been impossible to visit them all. The main attraction we visited was the Crown Jewels, but unfortunately we weren't allowed to take photos... or the jewels. :p

Chris standing at the Tower of London, with London Bridge in the background.

Courtney and I standing with one of the many Beefeaters.

Some of the guards at the Tower.

Big Ben and the London Eye

After the wax museum we took another bus tour and got to see Big Ben. When we finished taking photos, we then got in line to go on the London Eye. The view from the top was amazing and the time went soo quickly!

Us infront of Big Ben and the Thames.

The Eye from the queue. :)

Courtney in the capsule, with another capsule in the background.

Me at the top, looking a little freaked out by the heights.

Courtney, Chris and Dad.

Madame Tussaud's

The next day we visited Madame Tussaud's famous wax museum. The skilled sculptors take over 200 measurements of their subject and begin work on the mould. In total, each model takes about 3 months to make!

Courtney and I in the impressive entrance.

Me and Andy Warhol.

Chris saving George Bush from another shoe attack.


Courtney, Spiderman's new apprentice.

Me and Johnny Depp. ;P

London

Well after flying for an hour and a half we arrived in london. The streets were lined with the famous london cabs....so efficient, sits five and the cab drivers know exactly where you want to go!

The next day we took one of the London double decker bus tours. You can hop on and off, they have a running commentary in many languages and its good for 48 hours. This is the little tourist familyat Trafalgar Square.

Here we are sitting up the top of the bus.....no it wasn't cold at all hahahaha

Being Dr. Who fans we just had to get photos of the famous red telephone boxes! They are everywhere despite the popularity of mobile phones....its good that they keep the traditions going. Here is a question for the followers....what is the name of Dr. Who's ship?

This is the marker for the London City proper....even the Queen by tradition has to ask permission from the mayor to enter this part of the city.

London Bridge and the River Thames

Well since we decided on this trip Courtney has been wanting to find a build-a-bear! She researched all the sites along the way and was disappointed that there wasn't one in Dubai or Paris. However, the first morning we arrived she had written done all the addresses we could find them in London! The expression on her face when we walked in was priceless. She made a bunny to be a friend to her bear...Christina.

You choose the type of toy, whether you want it to say something and a special satin heart. You then choose to have it stuffed soft, medium or hard. You have to cuddle it and tell the helper whether or not it is just right for you! Then you can choose the outfits....I don't know who was worse...Courtney or me....well every stuffed toy must have a spider man outfit right?

The next day we walked through Hyde Park and looked at Speakers Corner, the statue of Achilles and all the horses that were being excercised. Awesome park.



The trees seemed to go on forever



There were Xmas markets as well in the park but after Germany they just didn't make the mark