Hi there,
I will be in Europe during August / September 98 and would like to walk a couple of hiking trails. I am thinging of northern Scandinavia, Island, Greenland or maybe somewhere in the Alp region or along the Mediterranean.
Any suggestions? Thank you.
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There are some nice hikingtrails in the Swedish mountains
ie.in Harjedalen and Are.Check out Lonely Planets info. on
Sweden at this homepage.icon(destinations)
I went to Iceland two yearsd ago and trekked in the North of the Island. The landscape ranges for moon-like surfaces, desert, mud pools (boiling), sulphur everywhere, and it is outstanding. Although the country is expensive, a round the island bus ticket is about ú140 stg. and lasts for a couple of months. You can live fairly cheaply if you camp and eat out of supermarkets. Beer will cost you about ú5 stg. per half litre. That is the only drawback.
Visit Myvatn in the north and you will love it!
Steve's not far wrong! I travelled round Iceland in 95 and
visited Myvatn, Jokulsargljufur, Skaftafell, Landmannalaugar
& Reykjavik. Excellent place! Take a look at an article I
wrote:
http:/www.geocities.com/yosemite/1787/iceland.htm
Saying that, I'm going to E. Greenland this year, which also
looks excellent - though more remote & expensive. If you
haven't done either before, try Iceland.
Iceland has indeed a lot to offer, though it is expensive. I
enjoyed it a lot: did more or less like Kev.
the french alps offer very nice sceneries, but are a little
bit crowded in August. It should be better in September. Why
not trek round the Mt Blanc ?
A friend of mine did the GR Mare e Monte in Corsica (GR
means grande randonnΘe: hiking trail). He came back really
happy. Mare e Monte= sea and mountain.
Something that I have done by parts but never in a row:
GR's around Bretagne. Must be nice in September.
By September it could well be snowing in northern Scandinavia.
For the best hiking I think that Norway and Iceland are much
more attractive and exciting than the Alps.
Iceland has the biggest icecap outside the polar regions and
see volcanic landscape so wild that it was used for training
astronauts prior to the moon landing.
I recommend you have a look at this site if you want some
real glacier experiences :
http://www.eldhorn.is/coast-mountains/ice.htm
Come to Finland! Does it get any more exotic than that? :)
Look for KilpisjΣrvi on your map there, it┤s beautiful
unspoiled nature and there┤s this spot where you are
standing in three countries at the same time (Finland,
Sweden and Norway). And after a long day of hiking you can
go relax in a sauna... There are wilderness cabins up there
as well as hiking trails I think. Find out about it, I┤ll
try to find a net page and post it later.
Does anyone have any info. on the potential for getting
work in Geographic information systems in Norway as I hope
to go there during the summer. Any cartographic type work
would be of interest,
Thanks a lot.