So for the last 3 posts I've been swerving around weekends because so much happens in such a short time frame that I can barely process what happened -- let alone summarize it!
However I think it's only fair I tell you about my trip to FinlandSwedenNorway!! For those of you who don't know - when you go really, super, far North there is a place where Finland, Sweden, and Norway squeeze next to each other.
But as you may also know, this place couldn't be very big because then wars might break out (or something) and I actually didn't go there. (But I got within 10 Kilometers ) The problem is, you have to park your car, and hike to it, and because we were traveling with three children under the age of four that wasn't going to happen. But I did get really close that counts at least 50% :D which in Finland is still a passing grade :D
(Fun fact about grades in Finland to "pass" you just need to get more than a 4, and to get a 4 you basically have to do nothing-- so if you do more than nothing you pass :D! this is very different from the North Carolina system, where if you score less than 70% you fail)
Annyyyy-way this is the trip we made to Norway
Actually it started with my flight from Helsinki to Rovaniemi , and then it was 7 hours in the car to lovely Tromsø !
I was so happy when I saw reindeer for the first time ! I jumped and screamed a little in my seat, they are so, so cute !
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| The first night we stopped in a town called Levi, the hotel was gorgeous- and even thought it was a few weeks ago I still remember exactly how good the food tasted. |
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| The Car-ride was pretty long but I was okay with it because I had view's like this |
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and this .
(stolen from the internet, but we drove by this exact place) |
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| When we finally arrived in Tromsø I was greeted by this polar bears. Not so many polar bears live in Tromsø (no live ones ;) ) but they're just a short boat ride away |
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| The view from my hotel room. The mountains are beautiful despite being barren. |
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| Downtown Tromsø is quite lively despite it's arctic temperatures. |
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| We came here for Dinner, I loved the international flags- but an hour wait for okay pizza isn't so much fun |
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| Pretty Norwegian Church |
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| Please take note of how far North I am and appreciate the fact that I'm still smiling. Also, I have bought mittens since this picture was taken :D |
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| Stopping at a gast station in Sweden |
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| As we headed southeast into Sweden suddenly there weren't tree's anymore. We were above the "treeline" where there's too shot a growing season for even the toughest sort of tree's . |
Kiruna Sweden
Fall came in the beginning of September
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An eerily quiet town (no wind, animals, few people) It was a relief seeing a language that resembled my mother tongue.
....Though don't get me wrong Minä Rakastan Suomea <3
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