In the morning we heated up old sauna, what nobody have used all winter. We just had to control if it does work properly or not.

Our house is next to the reindeerfarm and today we had a great opportunity to see them closer. All animals live outside in the forest and are attached to the tree. It was little bit sad to see them like that, but when the season is over, they let them free.

Good poromies is always calm. Reindeers, are still wild animals and not used to people. Therefore, you have to be careful and not make any quick moves, it might scare them off. Also, try to walk front of them, that is how they can see you and feel more safe. Always remember, reindeers are scared of you more then you are.

    poro

Tommi let us feed the reindeers. Maili gave them reindeer moss and I put cranules. Ooo boy, how they liked the moss. It was like ice cream for them. Reindeers truly follow the sentence: "LIFE IS UNEXPECTED, EAT DESSERT FIRST!"

We were über, super, hyper happy for that moment. Tourist never can go so close to the reindeers and do what we have done. We felt like VIP-s:))).

    reindeer dessert

I have always wanted to visit Lapland. See the Northern Lights, meet the reindeers and be a part of the magical northern atmosphere. There is just one problem. Finland is a very expensive country for just traveling around, especially the northen part of it. So it got me thinking of how could i still go and spend as little as possible. I decided to write a couple of emails to reindeer farms and ask them for work in exchange for accommodation. Although, I didn't really feel of going alone. I told the idea to my friend Maili and she was happy to join me. We sent 11 emails and got back 4.There was three N0´s and one YES. The place where we got the positive answer was from Torassieppi (www.torasieppi.fi). It is a small village close to the Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park and town called Muonio. We were so happy. Sometimes dreams really can come true!

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