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Europe » Finland » Lapland June 22nd 2014

0622 – zondag – Lemmenjoki 46km Verplaatsing naar Lemmenjoki National Park. Onderweg geen andere auto gezien. Wel moeten stoppen voor rendieren op de weg. In het national park een 3 uur boottocht op de Lemmenjoki rivier; 20km tot aan een ernorme waterval en dan terug. Onderweg 2 maal uitstappen en een paar 100m te voet omdat de gevulde boot niet door de rapids kon. Dan een gezamelijke Lappenmaaltijd in een Lappenrestaurant. Boschampignonnensoep, Elandgoulash met rode bessen en puree, eierkoekpannekoek met gele bessen als toetje. Alles geserveerd door authentieke lappen in klederdracht en opgeluisterd door sjamaantrommel en sjamaanzang. Lijkt op een Indianendans. Beetje asociaal geweest en voor het einde naar de voetbal gaan kijken. Gelukkig maakte Origi de winnende goal juist voor het affluiten. Anders had ik er spijt van gehad.... read more
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Lemmonjoki rivier - onze cruiseboten
boottocht op de Lemmonjoki rivier

Europe » Finland » Lapland June 21st 2014

2106 – zaterdag – Inari. Opgehouden met regenen deze voormiddag. Om 14u toch al 9°. Het warmt op ! In de voormiddag bezochten we uitgebreid het indoor en outdoor 'Samen' museum. Samen zijn dus Lappen. Indrukwekkend en zeer mooi voorgesteld. Geschiedenis en kultuur, en het leven van de Samen van in de oudheid tot nu. Nomadisch volk levend van wat de wilde natuur hun biedt. Rendieren, bessen, vissen en jacht. Mama kocht vers gerookte vis (smooked fish) aan kraampje van 2 Lappen. 's Namiddags doen de dappersten een voettocht naar een historisch wilderniskerkje. Wij bedankten. Te koud. In de plaats wat rondgetoerd met de Mh in de omgeving. Inari is zeer klein. Een vissershaventje voor de Lappen en enkele grote souvenierswinkels, restaurants en zilverwerkwinkels voor de toeristen. 3 Korte straten en men zit terug in de ... read more
Inari - Sami-muzeum
Inari - Sami-muzeum
Inari - Sami-muzeum

Europe » Finland » Lapland June 19th 2014

0620 – Vrijdag – Inari(440km) Verder noordwaarts, tot Inari, het meest noordelijke punt van onze reis. 350 km boven de Noordpoolcirkel. Onderweg werden de bomen steeds kleiner en dunner. De wegen smaller en nog minder verkeer. Het weer valt echt niet mee. Onderweg regen. Koude regen. Hier en daar nog sneeuwplakken. Zagen meer en meer rendieren langs de bermen. Ook een hele witte met 2 horens. 't Was misschien een geitenbok. Bezochten onderweg het oudste houten kerkje van Lapland. Gebouwd in 1689. Morgen is het Midzomerdag. Voor ons eerder een midwinterdag. Het is hier zo een 5 à 6 °. Kouder als bij ons deze winter. Maar we staan hier prachtig op 5 m van het uitgestrekte Inarimeer. Straks de verwarming aan, en morgen wandelen met de botten aan. Voetbal kunnen we hier niet zien. Satellietontvangst ... read more
Even stoppen aan de Poolcirkel
Monument - overschrijden Poolcircel
Oudste houten kerkje van Lapland Sodankylá

Europe » Finland » Lapland » Ivalo December 16th 2013

Oh dear, another rather gloomy day in Menesjärvi, but at least it's not still twenty degrees below zero; it's positively mild at only minus 3°! After breakfast I wrote up some more of our Lapland adventure and Bernie taught himself how to upload our videos to YouTube and then how to add the links into our travel blog. He has added video footage of us snowmobiling on Lake Menesjärvi at the end of the entry for the 11th of December and footage of our fabulous dogsledding experience at the end of the entry for the 12th of December. About 11.00am we geared up again and went out for a snowshoe shuffle along the track through the forest. I thought that we were going to do the short hike that we did with Toni on Friday night, ... read more
Korpikartano
Forest Walk
Tree in the forest

Europe » Finland » Lapland » Ivalo December 15th 2013

The weather is rather gloomy today with a grey and overcast sky so this morning we were pretty lazy. We decided that we couldn't spend the whole day indoors though so, about 11.00am, we put on our outdoor gear and went down to the ski boot room to pick up some ski boots for another go at cross-country skiing. Our lesson with Lynda yesterday afternoon cost us €30 each, but we can now make as much use of the equipment as we wish for no extra charge. Outside we collected the skis and poles and carried them down to the lake. For our own safety we are not allowed to use the skis on the road or on downhill slopes. That means walking down to the lake and putting the skis on where it is nice ... read more
Bernie (Upright this time)
House near the Hotel
Houses by the Lake

Europe » Finland » Lapland » Ivalo December 14th 2013

Aaahh, the first of our three extra days to do as we wish. This morning we farewelled our English companions who flew up to Ivalo with us on Tuesday. They were dressed again in their civvies - no more onesies for them! - in preparation for their flight to Helsinki and then on to London. Sophia and Matt then have to drive up to Nottingham and won't be home until about 8.00pm so they have a long day of travel ahead of them. We hadn't put all of our gear on to wave goodbye but, even so, we decided to walk quickly down to the lake for a quick look. Bernie had the Sony camera with him so tried out its panorama function again. It really does make it super easy to take awesome panoramic photographs ... read more
Bernie in sunset
Aurora
Aurora and Geminid Meteor Shower

Europe » Finland » Lapland » Ivalo December 13th 2013

This morning I ached allover from yesterday's dogsledding!! My upper body hurt from my driving efforts and what didn't hurt from that was bruised from bouncing around in the sled as a passenger! A reindeer skin may be warm and waterproof, but it doesn't provide very much cushioning between your butt and the sled. Dogsledding is certainly not for anyone who is not prepared to come away from the experience with some aches and pains and a few bruises! Not to worry, there are no broken bones and the rest will fade in a day or two ... and I still think it was one of the most fun things I have ever tried. This morning Toni drove us to the Porotila Reindeer Farm which is only about five minutes along the road from the hotel. ... read more
Huh!!
The herd
Deer Herder picnic

Europe » Finland » Lapland » Ivalo December 12th 2013

After breakfast this morning we piled into the Ford Transit for our visit to the Siberia Husky Farm that is owned by the local dog whisperer, Tinja. We were really, really looking forward to going dog-sledding. We tried to go dog-sledding when we were in Alaska, but bad weather conditions prevented us from being helicoptered up onto the Mendenhall Glacier from Juneau to the dog sledding venue. Today the weather was quite good and the husky farm was much more accessible as it can be reached by road. When we arrived all of the dogs started going crazy with excitement, sort of like - the tourists have arrived and we are going sledding!! Tinja welcomed us to her farm and started introducing us to the dogs. We were told that all of the Siberian Huskies and ... read more
Settling the lead dogs
Hurry Up
Snuggy

Europe » Finland » Lapland December 11th 2013

Day 111 10th December 2013 - Rovaniemi This week has been difficult both emotionally and physically and I have been miserable and a nightmare to be around, poor Steve, I just couldn’t bring myself to do entries each day as I knew they would be negative. So now that I sit in a nice warm cottage in Rovaniemi, our Northern most destination, I feel that I am able to write again. There have been a number of factors that have contributed to the difficult week, this includes; weather, not seeing any sites or anything due to the weather, long driving days and nothing being open because of the time of year. If it has not been raining it has been snowing or very cold. Due to the weather being poor we have not been able to ... read more
Frozen Stan
Poor Stan
Norrfallauiken

Europe » Finland » Lapland » Ivalo December 11th 2013

Breakfast this morning was at a very holiday-friendly 9.00am. It was still dark outside so there's not much point to rising any earlier as it is still night-time! At breakfast I did some carb-loading to make sure that I had energy to burn for this morning's activities - muesli followed by toast and jam! After breakfast we donned all of the gear that we were allocated last night and met Toni out by the snowmobiles. After a very rudimentary lesson on how to turn it on, how to turn and brake and, most importantly, where the kill switch is and we were off onto the lake on our snowmobiles with Bernie in the driver's seat of our vehicle. At the other end of the lake Toni showed us how to drill a hole in the ice ... read more
Ice Fishing
Slight Glimpse
It's starting




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