A northernmost Valentines weekend
I've never been too crazy about Valentine's day. I mostly think it's a way to overly commercialise on romance, when actually significant dates for you as a couple (such as anniversaries) are the way more romantic ones. However. Even I can't argue that a Valentine's weekend spent under the Northern Lights in Tromsø is pretty up there on the romance scale. And while I may not have a particular love for Valentine's day, I definitely have a love for travel. That one is a match made in heaven. Oh and for Ash, of course. I'd actually never even heard of Tromsø when I found flights there for only £60. But I've been very slow to make my way to the Nordics and knew I wanted to plan a trip to Norway some time soon, so the northernmost city there (and in the world) felt like a great shout. Because it's so far north, you don't get many daylight hours in Tromsø in the winter, so you'd be forgiven for wondering what time of day we arrived. We did actuall...