My Beloved Mother's New Journey 3rd Travel - Northern Europe

Travelling together on Her New Journey February 2023

My Beloved Mother's New Journey 1st Travel - Back to United Arab Emirates (Oct. 2022)

My Beloved Mother's New Journey 2nd Travel - Southern Caribbean (Dec. 2022)

8 Days Self-Guided Budget Summer Europe Trip with My Mother (Aug. 2018)

"All that I am, or even hope to be, I owe it to my Angel Mother"

I'M VERY SORRY MAMA... I MISS YOU, I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!

I did not see her alive before she gave up her life, she just suddenly gone. It's like an eternal pain for me that everytime I travel I always feel the guilty of not being there. Until now, I'm so depressed, have floating thoughts and rapid flashbacks of happy memories with my beloved mother. To honor her memories as my favorite and best travelmate, I made her still my favorite and best travelmate despite on her new journey. It's also part of my coping behavior to accept wherever she is now.

On her first journey with me, I travelled with her in the places I've been in the United Arab Emirates (Sharjah, Ajman, Abu Dhabi, Fujairah and Dubai). On her second journey, I'm with her in Southern Caribbean visiting 6 new countries on my list.

Maraming Salamat Mama, sobrang nami-miss pa din kita.

You may be gone, but your love and memory will forever be with me.

Our parents are usually the only ones who have known us since we were born.  Often they know us better than we know ourselves. When you have had a loving, friendly, happy relationship with your parent, their passing will create feelings of emotional turmoil and despair. Feelings we all experience after the death of someone we love very much. As well as the loss of their physical presence, there is also the loss of their advice, support, help, knowledge and counselling in times of life's stresses.

https://www.griefandsympathy.com/losingaparent.html

My Beloved Mother's New Journey 2nd Travel - Northern Europe

Budget DIY Solo Day Trip in Winter Helsinki, Finland

8 Days Budget DIY Solo Trip in Winter Northern Europe (Nordic)... Feb. 07 to 16, 2023

Budget DIY Day Trip in Winter Stockholm, Sweden

Finland is my 137th country visited on my personal journey beyond #lakbay100 Countries.

Finland is a thoroughly modern welfare state with well-planned and comfortable small towns and cities, but still offers vast areas of unspoiled nature. Finland has approximately 188,000 lakes (about 10% of the country) and a similar number of islands. In the northernmost part of the country the Northern Lights can be seen in the winter and midnight sun in the summer. Finns also claim the mythical mountain of Korvatunturi as the home of Santa Claus, and a burgeoning tourist industry in Lapland caters to Santa fans. 

https://wikitravel.org/en/Finland

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT FINLAND

timezone - UTC +0200H   capital - Helsinki    language - Finnish    currency - Euro (EUR)

visa - Philippine passport holders need to apply before arrival.

1. Finns are the world's biggest coffee drinkers

2. There are 187,888 lakes in Finland.

3. 74% of the country is forested.

4. Angry Birds originated in Finland.

5. Finnish language is one of the ten most challenging languages in the world.

Finnish Basic Phrases:

Hei (hey) = hello          Joo / Ei (yow / ey) = yes / no

Hyvää päivää (huva payva) = good day          Hei hei (hey hey) = bye

Kiitos (kee-tos) = thank you          Anteeksi (an-tek-si) = sorry

Budget DIY Solo Day Trip in Winter Helsinki, Finland

Budget DIY Solo Day Trip in Winter Stockholm, Sweden

8 Days Budget DIY Solo Trip in Winter Northern Europe (Nordic)... Feb. 07 to 16, 2023

2 Days Budget DIY Solo Trip in Winter Oslo, Norway

Sweden is my 136th country visited on my personal journey beyond #lakbay100 Countries.

Sweden (Sverige) is the largest of the Nordic countries, with a population of about 10 million. It borders Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark via the bridge of Öresund (Öresundsbron). The Baltic Sea lies to the east of Sweden, as well as the Gulf of Bothnia, which separates Sweden from most of Finland. The northernmost part of Sweden belongs to the Arctic.

https://wikitravel.org/en/Sweden

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT SWEDEN

timezone - UTC +0100H   capital - Stockholm    language - Swedish    currency - Krona (SEK)

visa - Philippine passport holders need to apply before arrival.

1. Swedish music is one of the country’s biggest exports

2. More than half of Sweden is covered in forest.

3. Swedish art is all over the Stockholm metro stations.

4. Sweden has over 95,000 lakes.

5. Sweden is very good at recycling.

Swedish Basic Phrases:

Hallå (Hah-low) = hello          Já / Nej (y-ow / ney) = yes / no

God dag (gud dag) = good day          Hejdå (hay da) = bye

Tack (tak) = thank you          Förlåt (fur-lat) = sorry

Budget DIY Solo Day Trip in Winter Stockholm, Sweden

2 Days Budget DIY Solo Trip in Winter Oslo, Norway

8 Days Budget DIY Solo Trip in Winter Northern Europe (Nordic)... Feb. 07 to 16, 2023

4 Days Budget Solo Trip in Winter Iceland

Norway is my 135th country visited on my personal journey beyond #lakbay100 Countries.

Norway (Norge or Noreg) is the westernmost, northernmost—and in fact the easternmost—of the three Scandinavian countries. Best known for the complex and deep fjords along its west coast which stretches from the North Sea near Denmark and Scotland into the Arctic Ocean and has borders with Finland, Sweden and the northwestern tip of Russia.

https://wikitravel.org/en/Norway

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT NORWAY

timezone - UTC +0100H   capital - Oslo    language - Norwegian    currency - Kroner (NOK)

visa - Philippine passport holders need to apply before arrival.

1. The world's longest road tunnel is in Norway at 24.5km long.

2. Modern and ancient skiing were invented in Norway

3. Norway rocks the Winter Olympics.

4. Europe's biggest herd of wild reindeer lives in Norway.

5. Norway’s rail journeys are voted the best in Europe.

Norwegian Basic Phrases:

Hæ / Halló (Hi/ Hah-low) = hello          Já / Nei (y-ow / ney) = yes / no

God dag (gud dag) = good day          Ha det (ha det) = bye

Takk (tak) = thank you          Unnskyld (un-shin) = sorry

2 Days Budget DIY Solo Trip in Winter Oslo, Norway

Reykjavik City DIY Walk Tour

4 Days Budget DIY Solo Trip in Winter Iceland... Feb. 08 to 11, 2023

South Shore Adventure Full Day Tour

Sighseeing the Northern Lights (Polar light / Aurora Borealis) is my last quest among the Seven Natural Wonders of the World and once again, a failed attempt. My first attempt to look for this amazing wonder was in Fairbanks, Alaska last Jan. 2020.

Day 4: February 11 Saturday ICELAND 4

Snæfellsnes Peninsula tour cancelled due to bad weather -18,900 ISK (₱7,441)

Reykjavik City DIY random walk tour / Snacks 6,739 ISK (₱2,654)

Northern lights bus tour cancelled due to bad weather -7,599 ISK (₱2,992)

TOTAL: 6,739 ISK (₱2,654) -26,499 ISK (₱10,192)

Reykjavik City DIY Walk Tour

South Shore of Iceland Full Day Tour

4 Days Budget DIY Solo Trip in Winter Iceland... Feb. 08 to 11, 2023

Iceland Golden Circle Full Day Tour

Experience nature at its best with waterfalls and black sand beaches. Walk behind the cascades of Seljalandsfoss & go to the glacier snout at Sólheimajökull.

Day 3: February 10 Friday ICELAND 3

South Shore Adventure Full-Day Trip 13,999 ISK (₱5,490) 0900H-1900H (10hr) Reykjavik Excursions

Pick up: BSI Bus Terminal (830am) Sólheimajökull, Vik, Reynisfjara, Skógafoss, Seljalandsfoss

Snacks 2,313 ISK (₱930) / Northern lights tour cancelled due to bad weather

TOTAL: 2,313 ISK (₱930)

South Shore of Iceland Full Day Tour