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I went to Bodø, the northernmost city in Norway, while I was an exchange student in 1999. I went in the middle of summer, and stupidly (pick the blonde Aussie) did not take any warm clothes – I figured my skirts and singlet tops would be fine. With 24 hours of sunlight I figured it had to be warm. Wrong! I spent my first couple of days shopping for jumpers and long pants.

Although it was overcast for most of the time I was there, it was amazing to experience 24 hour light – some locals took me to a bar to hear some live music, and inside it was dark and musty and full of smoke. We stayed til about 2am, and it really did feel like 2am. But when we walked outside it was fully light – with drunk people stumbling about; couples making out on the grass; exhausted people trying to get home. Bizarre!

I went to Quebec City on the 22nd December, just a few days before Christmas. It was freezing – one of the coldest places I’ve been! – and snowing for most of the day. But it was also a magical fairytale city of almost excessive cuteness, and definitely worth the trip.

You can read my blog entry about it here:
http://roslyn.livejournal.com/163194.html

13 cheers later, and I can finally tick off my first of 43 places! I’ve listed other places I’ve been, but they were never ‘I want to go here’ places – I went there long before I learned about this site.

And now, here I am! Montreal is a wonderful city. :D

I spent half a day cycling around Rottnest during my Perth trip in April – it was an overcast day and I skipped on the sunscreen. BIG MISTAKE! Essential travel tip for anywhere in WA: SUNSCREEN.

Otherwise, the island was beautiful. Highly recommended.

I visited Perth over Easter this year. It was really just a stopover on my way to visit my sister in Albany, but it was lovely!

But I still feel like the trip isn’t completed, somehow.