Trip log
Our monthly destinations, kilometres and expenses.
May 2021
Islands, medieval castles and an independent state in Sweden !
April 2021
A pandemonium of fjords till the iconic Atlantic Ocean Road. Welcome spring!
March 2021
Arrival to Oslo. But we keep exploring the southern part of Norway.
February 2021
Life at -20°C in the mainland. And a turbo failure.
January 2021
Lofoten islands. The first sunrise. The arhipelago is absorbing.
December 2020
Polar night. Tromso and surrounding islands. And northern lights.
November 2020
Winter tyres please. We drive to Kirkenes, to Slettness Fyr and finally to Tromso.
October 2020
First snowfall and ice driving. And yes, we make it to Norway and to North Cape.
September 2020
From Estonia to Finland. Time to explore 1000s of lakes and pristine national parks.
August 2020
Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland and finally the Baltic. Lithuania.
July 2020
In the end of the month we depart from Greece. Destination Nordkapp.
June 2020
Time to travel again. Let’s take a trip to Epirus, the mountain region of Greece.
March 2020
Turkey – Georgia borders closed due to covid-19. We return home, in Greece.
February 2020
Covid-19 outbreak find us in Cappadocia, Turkey. All borders in Asia start closing.
January 2020
We welcome 2020 in Istanbul, Turkey and then proceed to Asia Minor.
December 2019
Finally departing from Thessaloniki. Direction Turkey and central Asia.
All diaries
Sweden vs Norway vs Finland
What’s our impression of Sweden after Finland and Norway? Read our simplistic travel analysis and if you live or have alived around, don’t...
We met Arne who rows around Norway
There is a Norwegian guy - 40 year old Arne Kristoffersen - who is attempting to row the entire coastline of Norway these days in his tiny...
Stegastein, the best balcony in Norway
The spectacular Stegastein viewing platform with panoramic view 650 metres above Aurlandsfjord. This is a bucket-list trip for any...
Oslo during Covid-19 lockdown
We didn't drive our Iveco in Oslo since the city is a no-go zone for a diesel truck. We borrowed our friend's Tasos car and parked it next...
My own Everest
Last Sunday I watched Greek alpinist Antonis Sykaris' live facebook transmission, who had just returned from Pakistan as a member of an...
From -20° C with love
ºPolar night is over and it was an experience for us. Since the sun rises again over the horizon and days get longer every day, in...
Northern lights over Lofoten
158 images in 37 minutes for a 7-second timelapse video. Shot outside Eggum fishing village, January 2021. It was a cold but bright night...
Live report from Svolvær, Lofoten archipelago
Exactly that was the first day we saw the sun rising in the horizon and we took our Iveco for a ride around Svolvær, the picturesque...
Never say never
While reading messages on our facebook page and on our livemedia.gr reports, besides witnessing the admiration and wishes for safe travels...
Alta to Tromso, 5 days road
Five days to cover 400 kilometres? An average tourist might have done it in a single day or maximum two, winter time. We could be still...
When did you enter Norway?
Finally we met fellow overlanders - this was only the third time since we entered Scandinavia two and half months ago. A couple from...
Northern lights hunters
The first time is very special, almost like an incredible gift of nature. The second night you start believing it's true. And soon you get...
Life below zero
It’s not only tricky driving on ice. At temperatures below zero - we had down to -6 in the last two nights - we face different other...
Iveco on the rocks
It’s only 19 October and here is the first snow. In Lapland of course. We spent two days at Hetta, the last village in Finland, before...
We saw Aurora Borealis
Yesterday we saw Aurora Borealis for the very first time. From 62nd parallel and inside the Koli National Park of Finland. We were...
Humans in harmony with nature
Repovesi National Park. Finland. The first of many we intend to explore in Finland. We don’t want to write much here - you can see on our...
Good morning Finland!
We left Tallinn last Wednesday with clear sky and arrived to Helsinki with dark clouds and strong winds. Everything looked grey. We left...
Cycling in Kaunas
In Kaunas we spent two days, a rainy and a sunny one. The first we stayed in the camper in the middle of a quiet neighbourhood in the...
