It’s the beginning of December and thanks to a storm, that has brought 80 cmĀ“s of fresh snow in the last 48 hours, Laax Ski Resort in the GraubĆ¼nden Canton in Switzerland, has just opened itĀ“s lifts. I’m standing above the treeline on a knoll, focusing on a skier above […]
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Following the road less travelled into Russian Karelia
Ā The border formalities on the Finnish side go smoothly, but on the Russian side the bureaucratic Soviet influence is still evident: I have to fill several small entry forms and then queue with them from one counter to the next. As I am crossing the border by car I have […]