Wow! You will not believe where I am now! We made it to Lapland. Lapland is the northernmost province in Finland and also the name for the northern areas in Sweden, Norway, and part of Russia that is home to the Sami people. The flight from Helsinki was about an hour and a half, but the destination is worlds away. We are about 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
When we arrived at the airport in Ivalo, the sun was setting...at 1:15 PM! Actually, it does not really rise at this time of the year. The sun does not come up over the horizon. They have a few hours of light that resembles dusk, I guess. We'll see tomorrow.
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| There were mischievous elves loose in the airport! |
Tonight we are sleeping in a glass igloo. It's entertaining to see Chris enter the igloo. It's like he is entering a hobbit door or something. He said it's like the Keebler Elf's resort home. The little igloo basically consists of a bed with a glass dome over it (not sure what they are going for with the decor...zebra print bedding and red shag carpet does not exactly say Lappish design). The night is clear tonight with an inky, black sky filled with stars. We are all hoping to see the northern lights while we are here, but apparently, they are very elusive, so we just have to wait and see.
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| It was this dark by 5:00! |
Tonight we had a Lappish dinner of salmon soup, reindeer with mashed potatoes, and Lappish cheese for dessert.
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| Lappish cheese (leipäjuusto) dessert. It was served warm with cream and sugar and berries. The cheese is squeaky and chewy - like cheese curds. |
Tomorrow we get to visit Santa and the reindeer!
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