Landing in the snow was quite something! We flew in over snow laden fir trees that stretched as far as the eye could see. We landed on snow, with snow banks piled up three metres on the side of the runway. We disembarked, and walked to the terminal, with snowflakes swirling around us. The staff on The aircraft, in customs, as part of the tour were all so friendly and welcoming. We were even met by a reindeer at the airport! Travelling with other families was grea...

This morning we had a delay to catch our plane to Ivalo. Our airline was small planet. During the flight they did a colouring competition and I won! The prize I got was mini chocolate fingers. They also did a thing where you sang a Christmas song at the front of the plane through the intercom. I went up and sang Aotearoa Christmas . Truly I did! I recommend small planet airlines... They are the best fun! Gemma