And then we witnessed the northern lights

Isn't like Arctic and Northern Lights lately in everyones checklist? Or wasn't it like always? It was very spontaneous, that we found a trip which covered most part of our to dos. The price of around 600 odd euros per person seemed just kinda impossible to be true.. Never had we been to such trips organised in big groups but this somehow felt right. Oh boy weren't we in for a beautiful surprise! Little did we know this trip will truly become an unforgettable lifetime memory.

Once we landed in Stockholm and spent a day there it just felt like any other european capital city.  Just that the beers were really expensive. We started with a total bunch of strangers on a long overnight bus journey. At the light of dawn, or even before the frame started turning white and white and lots more of it. We all have school memories of describing our version of the artic region and I found myself placing these against the reality in front of me. But the charm and what one feels there is just something which I can't put to words. It a whole new world totally of it own up north and every frame is just like a wallpaper.

The next few days we had a packed iternary with the typical day time activities like dog sledging, snow mobiles etc which I initially honestly thought was just to pass the morning hours. But each activity bought us closer to the region and help understand the world there. It just made me realise that artic is just not only the lights and I stand myself corrected.

I still remember procrastinating scenarios for our chances of experiencing the lights. And the first night we saw none.. The anxiety was now even more since we had now only three more chances. The big frozen lake at the camp site outside kiruna offered the feeling of being alone in the open wilderness. The only company were the  unlimited Stars. I remember sitting in the kitchen as i heard northern lights.. northern lights.. it was our caretaker at the Inn informing us.. The three nights that followed were just sparkling memories . The green pictures  which you see are static but the lights aren't. They can move faster than ur head can and also move in shapes which u cant follow. The last night in Abisko with -27degress, very vividly visible since my eyelids were frozen with ice. It didn't really matter because we saw the lights dance in various colours, speed and patterns.  The spirals , the console lights, the speed rays and so much more. I am eternally grateful to have witnessed this truly magnificent natures blessing.

Aurora Borealis truly amazing !!!