I know, such morbid thoughts.
Come 2015, 8 years has passed. I was determined to make a dent on my bucket list as I knew it would only grow as I expanded my perspectives and learn of new places to visit and new experiences to try. I was super lucky to have a friend who was determined to cross off a huge item on her bucket list as well. Impetuously, we decided to cross off Northern Lights from our list.
In 2015 October, we took a 17 hour flight via Moscow, and landed in Finland. Perhaps all the praying and fingers-crossing paid off, because we were super lucky and saw Aurora Borealis on the first night! Here's a picture I took with my 2-day-old camera at the time (excuse my amateur photo-taking skills).
Honestly, planning for the Aurora Borealis must have been one of the more difficult trip to research ever in my life. We didn't just decide to see the Aurora Borealis in Alaska. We wanted to hit up northern Europe (Finland, Sweden, and Denmark) while we try to catch the elusive Northern Lights. For some reason, there were not a lot of information and options on budget Aurora Borealis trips. (Perhaps I used the wrong search words?) Either way, we had a fun trip and was certainly happy with our Aurora Borealis trip, though we would certainly change it up next time around.
For the next couple of posts, I'll share our Aurora Borealis trip in details. Hopefully this will help all friends and family looking to visit northern Europe for the very first time!
