Friday, July 25, 2008

LAST DAY IN LAPPLAND

HELENA'S DAD TOOK US FOR THE BOAT RIDE
HELENA'S PARENTS( MAARIT AND HANNU) DID A FANTASIC BBQ
YUMMY
MAARIT DID THE SMOKING OF THE SALMON IN THEIR COOK HOUSE
ONE OF THE NEW KITTENS THAT I SAW BORN
TONY AND HELENA
THE RIVER NEAR SIRKKA.
THAT HILL IN THE DISTANCE IS LEVI




ONE OF THE MANY SUMMER COTTAGES.


Hey friends and family,
My last day in Lapland was a nice quiet one.
Helena's dad had invited us to go on his boat on the lake near his house , followed by a farewell dinner, BBQ at their place for me.
I will just add the pictures as that speaks for itself.
It was a nice day, but when the wind comes out it was cold.
It got to 16 C that day.
I am now in Helsinki after a good night sleep in an airport hotel.
The trip down was long: 2 1/2 hours in the bus to Rovaniemi. Then on the train for 10 hours, with a changing trains once at Oulu.
Then when I got to the city I needed to find bus 615, that was supposed to take me to this hotel.
When I got to that bus, the driver told me it is bus 650, hat stops right in front of the hotel.
Luckily that bus was 2 stands behind 615. It was an other 20 minutes in the bus. But I am here now and I had a good sleep. There is a shuttle from here to the airport. I take the 11.40 am shuttle. The plane leaves for Amsterdam at 14.00.

The next time I write will be from Paris.

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