Finland 2012

Projet Borealis 1 | Du 17/02/2012 au 28/02/2012 (12 jours)

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Ten nights. Ten nights under the boreal sky, waiting patiently for northen lights to come. Far north surely knows how to keep his treasures secrets…

Ten days. Ten days shorter than a short winter day, when sun slides on the Earth, offering to the icy lakes a soft and warm touch of light.

Ten days and ten nights. It could have last a whole life, it would never be long enough.

16/02/2012 | Grenoble - Paris

17/02/2012 | Paris - Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport - Helsinki - Ivalo - Inari

Parisian people are really too much stressed people.
That maybe explain why they can be… Well, how to say it politely? … Really really unpleasants…
Nevertheless, we managed to reach the airport without fighting anyone.
Check-in was complicated.
Boarding was complicated.
We took-off late.
We landed late.
We had to run in Helsinki Airport to catch our second flight.
We managed to board in…
… But the pilot couldn't take-off!!!
Navigation stuffs were out of order (!!!)
So, we began to wait.
A few.
A lot.
Two hours and a half.
Then, everything was fixed, so we could leave!
Of course, because of this delay, we missed the bus in Ivalo.
So we took a taxi to drive us to Inari.
The owner of the guest house was a bit worry not to have seen us in the bus…
But, finally, everything ended well!

18/02/2012 | Inari - Inari lake

19/02/2012 | Inari - Inari lake

The weather wasn't fine, but wasn't bad neither.
We spent time exploring Inari, in order to find good “picture-spots” facing the North.
There, we would see Northern Lights.
…
But, when the night came, it was too cloudy.
So, we waited in vain.

20/02/2012 | Inari - Inari forest (1) - Inari lake

Northern weather is really (really) unpredictable.
It snows, then the sun shines.
Then, a storm rises.
Then, the sun shines again.
Then, it's cloudy.
And, finally, the day ends under a great clear sky.
As the appropriate conditions were present, we got ready to go outside after the sunset.
We didn't even have to wait.
They were here…
… Solar rains, falling from the sky.
Northen lights.
It was 18°c under zero.
But wasn't cold at all facing this fantastic scenery!!!