Going to see Santa! 03 Silly reindeer

Going to see Santa!

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July 6th 2006
Geo: 65.892, 26.1061Left camp at 6am this morning and slept and slept on the bus. Around lunchtime we crossed the border into Finland. Finland has 180,000 lakes!! Incredible!! Reindeer were crossing the road in front of us and running along the road and down the middle of the road- I could see some road kill about to happen. We are now back to Euro's. Slept more and more then we arrived at S ... read more

Europe » Finland » Lapland » Rovaniemi

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Finland was a province and then a grand duchy under Sweden from the 12th to the 19th centuries and an autonomous grand duchy of Russia after 1809. It won its complete independence in 1917. During World War II, it was able to successfully defend its f... ... read more