Guten Rutsch!!

A german expression to wish you all: get to the New Year well!! The first picture was taken on the Christmas market in Karlsruhe, the second one in Tromso (the green light in the background is the aurora borealis).

Frohe Weihnachten!!

Merry Christmas! Sarbatori fericite!

freezing fjord

in Ersfjordbotn (where we stayed 2 nights and got to see the aurora)

in the port

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we didn't travel that far north - but this bread we bought had Svalbard in its name :)

9:35 am

One fascinating aspect of the polar night was the special light. There was something magical about it - it's like an extended blue hour.

Frohes Neues Jahr!

Happy New Year to everyone!
We were lucky and got to see the aurora borealis twice. It was a very impressive experience. (please excuse the noise, my camera can only expose 2 secs so I had to go up to ISO 3200)