by Steven Higgs | May 29, 2026 | Uncategorized
Kautokeino, Norway, earned its place as a Lapland Photo Stop due to its status as the capital of Europe’s only indigenous people, the Sami, and its strategic location between the Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park in Finland and the Altafjord on the Norwegian Sea....
by Steven Higgs | May 28, 2026 | Uncategorized
The first Photo Stop on our journey to the Top of the World was the Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park, where we took a short hike through Finland’s third largest nature preserve and reputed home to the world’s cleanest air. As we were on our way from...
by Steven Higgs | May 28, 2026 | Uncategorized
The last leg of my Retirement Travel Trifecta stepped over the Arctic Circle as our Finnair jet made its final descent from Helsinki to the Rovaniemi Airport in Finland. The Lapland Capital of 66,000 sits a couple miles south of the circle’s boundary line...
by Steven Higgs | May 23, 2026 | Uncategorized
After checking out from our cabana in El Saler in Valencia, Patricia and I wheeled our luggage onto the bus and into a cab for a morning preview of the seaside Hotel SolPlaya, where two nights later I would spend my last few hours in Europe. SolPlaya, which translates...
by Steven Higgs | May 23, 2026 | Uncategorized
On our second day in Valencia, we explored the Old City, in search of Europe’s biggest produce market, world-class street art, a Medieval city gate and the world’s once-second narrowest building. Mercado Central has more than 1,200 stalls and eateries offering fresh...
