Norden: Scandinavia Finland Iceland

Lill and Marita loudly proclaiming Swedish songs from their youth.

A view out the living room window.

Good night in a very cool hotel steps from the terminal gates in the Stockholm airport, when I had a relaxing evening and then met the gang for dinner.

September 1

I flew over to Stockholm yesterday to meet up with Ingalill and her compatriots for four nights visiting the Swedish part of Lapland.

The Lapp people are nomadic and live above the Arctic Circle in parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. I hope to learn more about them.

Our morning flight to Kiruna was uneventful and here we are in the airport, me Not getting the car! I am just a tag-along here and it’s going to be FUN.

Lill, Jim, Rick, Baby

We settled into our very cool house and then hit the road for a visit to an abandoned ski lift area. A sunbather! It was probably around 55 degrees, a heat wave in Kiruna.

Lill and Baby.

Jim and Rick.

Aww.

Jim, Rick, and I went for a walk while Tony and Lill went to the police station in an effort to move forward the resolution of Lill’s Big Problem. She got pickpocketed back in Stockholm and lost both her Swedish and her US passport. It could happen to anyone and, so selfishly, I’m just happy it wasn’t me!

This is an historic church. We’ll go inside another day and I’ll look up the details then.

Some delightful Swedish tourists who told us some information about the church.

It’s a Clustered Bellflower which I know because google said so.

This was a wooded stroll in a plot of forest just around the church and two blocks from our house.

Then there was the arrival of Marita, grocery shopping, and dinner. And tomorrow we have a big day planned including a visit to the Ice Hotel.