Fleeting drive across Finland and on to the Baltic states, Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania


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July 14th 2019
Published: July 14th 2019
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27th June - 14th July 2019 After our great clean up in Nikkala we crossed the border into Finland. No border controls were in evidence so it was very speedy and smooth. As in Norway and Sweden the roads are decorated with signs warning of elk (called moose in Alaska) every couple of kilometres but we never saw one. Jim read that in Sweden each year some 35,000 elk are killed by hunters... Read Full Entry



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Beautiful Sami costume with traditional silver necklaceBeautiful Sami costume with traditional silver necklace
Beautiful Sami costume with traditional silver necklace

When Lutheranism arrived the silver from necklaces was melted down to make ladles!



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