To get from Lapland to Munich we had to fly back to Helsinki and then after a four hour layover catch a connecting flight. It was -28c in the morning when we left the hotel to catch the bus to the airport. Amazingly it was so cold that we didn’t need to deice the plane before departure – as any liquid in the air would have already been frozen. On all our flights with Finnair we found their service to be excellent, we also very much enjoyed the taste of the Northern Blush cocktail.


In Helsinki we were allowed to leave the airport, so we caught a train back into the city centre, went for a quick walk in the -15c midday sun. Initially this felt “warm” compared to our previous few days, but after a while our faces were again frozen. We returned to the airport, departed for Munich and by the time we arrived at our friend’s house it was 9.30pm.

