We'll be off on our Nordic journey in just over a week. Where does the time go? I had to change the original title of the blog from Scandinavian Sojourn to Nordic Sojourn after doing a little research into Nordic vs Scandinavian. Geographically speaking, the Scandinavian peninsula is the area shared by Norway, Sweden and part of northern Finland. From this perspective, the Scandinavian countries only include Norway, Sweden and Denmark. However, Finland was once part of the Kingdom of Sweden and Iceland once belonged to Denmark, so you can understand how so many non-Scandinavians, such as me, naturally connect Scandinavia to Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. The most commonly accepted definition of Scandinavia, at the present time, is linked to the ancient territories of the Norse people: Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Since we are visiting all five countries (plus Estonia), and all five accept the name of Nordic, then a Nordic Sojourn it is. We will begin our journey in De...