I wanted to dedicate a whole post about my dream vacation/ bucket list experience – seeing the Northern Lights. I hope that by writing about my dream vacation will hopefully manifest itself and come into fruition one day in the future. I’m not sure when I started daydreaming about seeing the northern lights but I think it came from the time I flew over Norway back in 2017. It was peak wintertime and when I looked out the plane window, I saw what looked like a winter wonderland! It was picturesque, wonderful, magical and beautiful all at once (if that’s even possible).
That moment on the plane got me thinking about how I would love to visit a snowy wonderland one day and see the Northern Lights. I want to point out that I’m from California, where it’s sunny almost everyday and we rarely get a fraction of what a “real” winter is like. So seeing and experiencing a real winter would be awesome to say the least. Seeing the vast landscape of trees covered in snow made me think that I not only want to see see the northern lights in the winter but I want to go to either Norway itself or Sweden to do it. I want to sit in a cool igloo, isolated from everything and watch the nigh sky light up with beautiful light show.
I also draw major inspiration from one of my favorite Swedish YouTubers, Jonna Jinton. If you haven’t checked out her channel, YOU MUST! She posts the most inspiring, nature filled and wholesome content (all based in her life living in Sweden’s backcountry). Her stuff is amazing and she makes me want to visit beautiful Sweden during the wintertime and see the lights even more.
So here’s my detailed vision of my dream vacay lol. Like I mentioned, it will be a choice between Norway or Sweden (if any of you have been to either countries and have recommendations I’m totally open to them). It will have to be during the winter, this is a MUST. I want it to be a snowy winter wonderland. I will stay about a week or so, and find the perfect cottage, igloo, home whatever it is but it has to be secluded in the forest. I want to be unplugged, away from all the noise so I can truly appreciate and be with nature. Maybe I’ll see a reindeer or two if I’m lucky. I will grab a hot mug of hot cocoa and sit outside to watch the lights with a fire nearby to keep my warm. I’ll come back in and repeat the next day. Ya’ll this is my DREAM.
I hope this post inspires you to find your next dream experience, vacation or thing. Whatever it is, I truly hope it comes true for you! Whatever it is, let this post serve as a reminder that your goals and dreams can come to fruition, we just gotta be patient and hold onto that dream.
“I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.”
Mary Anne Radmacher