Sunday February 4 – Kiruna


Had a good sleep finally without waking up! Had a leisurely start as breakfast was between 8 and 9 and snowshoeing didn’t start until 10. A large breakfast spread with eggs, bacon, sausage, cheese, cold cuts, smoked salmon, breads, yogurt, cereal… Had some breakfast and then went back to the room to get dressed up to brave the cold – minus 32 this morning! Then got our snowshoes and headed out for our 8 km snowshoe. The scenery was very picturesque with the trees covered in snow and the sun shining (for the brief time it’s up). We stopped at the wilderness camp for lunch and had a chance to warm up by the fire. Had some moose soup with bread and a muffin. Tasty and warm! We then headed back out along the river. We stopped not too far from the lodge to try some ice fishing; although they said the fish weren’t moving much due to the cold. Tried drilling a hole in the ice by hand but was pretty difficult due to the thickness of the ice. Was surprised at how tiny the fishing rods were – they looked like toys! Then snowshoed back to the lodge to have a sauna before dinner- definitely a good choice as it wad nice and warm and relaxing. Then went for dinner, which was a herring and beet starter with chicken with rice and gravy and then a crepe with lingonberry sauce. After dinner it was early to bed as we had a relatively early start tomorrow.

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