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Lapland and Norway

April 2000 - A spring trip to Finnish Lapland and to the northern parts of Norway.

Finnish Lapland | Norway | Back in Finland

Christiane (a friend from Guadeloupe) stayed spring 2000 as an exchange student in Turku, Finland. During her stay we visited some places in different parts of Finland. For Easter, we left for Lapland with her daughter Eden and with our friend Solenn.

We travelled by car to Enontekiö where my parents' cottage is located. It's not far from Norway, so it was easy to visit there too.

klik Map of our trip
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Finnish Lapland

klik Solenn and the Arctic Circle in the village of Juoksenki
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klik Tower of the cottage: Santtu (a neighbour) and Solenn
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klik Saana mountain on the side of lake Kilpisjärvi
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klik Christiane on the Finnish-Norwegian border.
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Norway

On April 21st - the Good Friday - we paid a visit to Norway. Solenn wanted to see the sea and the horizon. According to the map, the closest place to see some open sea was at Tromvik fjord near the city of Tromsø. That was where we hence headed.

klik Norway: Christiane and Solenn
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klik The bridge between Tromsø island and the mainland
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klik City of Tromsø
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klik Solenn, Eden and Christiane in the harbour
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klik Tromvik fjord
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klik Eden in the middle of snow at Tromvik
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klik All together somewhere between Tromvik and Tromsø (photo taken with a self-timer)
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klik Solenn and the sea
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Back in Finland

On Saturday morning when others where still sleeping I went to take few photos of the cottage. Stairs to the sauna were covered by snow and I wanted to get a photo of that. Later on that day Hannu and Santtu (neighbours) accompanied us to a trip to the mountain fells.

klik My parents' cottage
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