A very scenic flight through Alaska and Canada with lots of rugged mountains

Apparently French was the official language of England for about 300 years and Louis XIX was the king of France for just 20 minutes, the shortest reign...ever. All we know is, it is bad luck turning a baguette upside down

Apparently Switzerland is big on cheese...and chocolate...and watches...and banks...and the Swiss LOVE their trains. so much so that in this small country has over 5300 km of track to cater for the countries obsession with trains. All we know is that James Bond's mother is Swiss, Lady Monique Bond von Vaud

Apparently Austrian physicist Ernst Mach discovered in 1888 that above the speed of sound, the air behaves very differently. In 1929 he was honored by the adoption of a set of Mach numbers which are still used to designate velocities above the speed of sound and postcards were first published in Austria. All we know is that Austria is home to approximately 20,000 schnapps distilleries...

Apparently The Sistine Chapel welcomes over 20,000 visitors every day and Italy is home to Europe’s only three active volcanoes. All we know is that tourists throw €1,000,000 into the Trevi Fountain each year

Apparently Hungarians write their last name first and first name last and the oldest wheel ever excavated, Ljubljana Marshes Wheel belongs to Slovenia. Radiocarbon dating shows it to be 5000+ years old. All we know is that Slovenia is famous for its own patented brand of beautiful white show horses. 425 years old Lipica Horse farm, located in Slovenia breeds its own unique white horse that’s found nowhere else.

Today we complete the Nordic part. Apparently Finland is known as the country of a thousand lakes, Finland actually has 188,000 lakes and on Thursdays Finns eat pea soup and pancakes. Nobody knows why! All we know is that Finns eat weird squeaky cheese. Leipäjuusto, it really squeaks when you eat it...

The home of flat packs. Apparently “Siri” is a popular Swedish name, and it’s got nothing to do with iPhones and one of Sweden’s kings, Erik of Pomerania, became a pirate of the Baltic Sea after he was forced to abdicate. All we know is that assembling IKEA furniture takes 5 times longer than described in their assembly manuals...

Norway, Viking country. Apparently mountains make up two-thirds of Norway’s landscape and there are more bears in Svalbard than people. All we know is that is that Norwegian passports are really cool. No, Really! Put a genuine, 100% authentic Norwegian passport under a UV light, and boom – you can see the Northern Lights!

We continue our journey from Helgoland. Apparently the name Lego is an abbreviation of two Danish words leg godt, meaning “play well” and Denmark has 11,771 km of coastline, which is longer than the Great Wall of China and equals almost 1.5 meters of coast per Danish citizen. All we know is that the Danes brew the best beer in the world, probably...