Luosto - day two

We are staying at the Aurora Chalet in Luosto.

We discovered, that there really isn't a lot in Luosto - it is a town of 60 people, but we had a great time checking everything out anyway (we found gluten free bread in the supermarket - very impressive for such a small town!).



Luosto is 115km north of Rovaniemi - when I told my brother Steve where we were going on this trip, his response was "you're driving NORTH of Rovaniemi????" There isn't a lot in Rovaniemi either, although it is a lot bigger than Luosto. We will probably just stay put here this week, as we don't want to make Hannah sick - but we have a lot planned - tomorrow we are going to a Huskie Centre, Thursday we are going to a Reindeer farm (and we already know we'll be eating Reindeer steaks for dinner - we saw the menu), Friday we are going ice fishing, and Saturday we are meeting some Aurora scientists, to hear about their work. That should keep us VERY busy.

We were kitted out in our gear - snow suits (super warm - we were walking around in t-shirts in -13), snow boots and mittens to go over our light gloves we brought from home. We also hired a "kick sleigh" which we can push Hannah along on - MUCH easier than dragging her wheelchair around in the snow!

Although it is MUCH easier to push the sleigh downhill, than back uphill to the hotel - Steve was a little weary afterwards.

Jacqui made a snow angel.

The church in town is made of ice - very cool (pardon the pun). It was beautiful- they must have an outside chapel during the summer.

Jacqui all rugged up inside the church - even the pews are ice.

OK, this isn't a very clear photo - it is of our groceries (including our ice cream) hanging out the window to keep them cold (the ice cream stayed frozen, and we managed to freeze our juice as well!!). We have amazing dinners and breakfasts provided by the hotel, but we have to either buy or provide our own lunch and snacks.

Tomorrow Nikki has to put a new needle in Hannah's port-a-cath .... wish her good luck.