The Most Northern McDonalds in the World!
This is not all that Rovenemi, Finland has to offer - it is also the Official home of the Santa Village. When you send a letter to Santa at the North Pole this is where it comes (apparently).
The past week Diana and I have been in Norway, spending most of our time in a fishing village on the Lofoton Islands off the Northern Coast. It was GREAT, but when we tried to leave on Sunday the buses wen't running. We took off on Monday and made it as far as the border between Sweden and Finland. The hostels were closed by the time we got in and the buses apparently went on strike July 10th... We wandered around a bit before finding a nice comfy park to sleep in (a bit of urban camping). There were 5 of us (see below), so it was very safe. The only brutal downside was that the mosquitos were all over the place. I didn't sleep much. Today we got 3 buses and a train and have ended up in Finland. We are going to be here a couple nights, then will move south for the next week. All is well, aside from being very tired and a bit hungry (we are just on our way out to a buffet dinner to re-fuel).
The past week we ran in to a girl at a few of the hostels along the way and she has now joined us to travel for the next week. We also met up with 2 guys from Abbotsford, so we have got quite a crew. I actually had classes at UBC with one of the guys (he graduated in 2006 with a BSc in Physics - small world!)
I have so many stories, as usual, but not enough time to tell them.
I will try to get a new blog post up in the near future.
Trevor
The past week Diana and I have been in Norway, spending most of our time in a fishing village on the Lofoton Islands off the Northern Coast. It was GREAT, but when we tried to leave on Sunday the buses wen't running. We took off on Monday and made it as far as the border between Sweden and Finland. The hostels were closed by the time we got in and the buses apparently went on strike July 10th... We wandered around a bit before finding a nice comfy park to sleep in (a bit of urban camping). There were 5 of us (see below), so it was very safe. The only brutal downside was that the mosquitos were all over the place. I didn't sleep much. Today we got 3 buses and a train and have ended up in Finland. We are going to be here a couple nights, then will move south for the next week. All is well, aside from being very tired and a bit hungry (we are just on our way out to a buffet dinner to re-fuel).
The past week we ran in to a girl at a few of the hostels along the way and she has now joined us to travel for the next week. We also met up with 2 guys from Abbotsford, so we have got quite a crew. I actually had classes at UBC with one of the guys (he graduated in 2006 with a BSc in Physics - small world!)
I have so many stories, as usual, but not enough time to tell them.
I will try to get a new blog post up in the near future.
Trevor
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