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

Today we had to clean sauna and enjoy the sunny day. Well, we tried to take the second command very seriously and huskyfarm visit was perfect for that. It was fun to see and play with the husky puppies. They where so energetic and just wanted to drag and chew our clothing.

    husky puppies

We also met a friendly huskyfarm volunteer Batrisha who told us lots of interestings stories about the dogs and her life in Lapland. Because of her, we also had a great opportunity to take a part from sled-dog training and dog's poop cleaning.

    sled-dog training

All of the sudden all dogs start howling. It was so loud that we could not even hear our own thoughts. Later they explain us, it was because of the leader dog. When he makes the sound all the other dogs follow him and when he stops, everbody will as well. Why so, nobody knows. Today's biggest surprise was the husky's eye color. We have always thought they have only bright blue eyes, but we learned that they can be brown or green together as well.

   huskys can have different eye color

In the evening we went out and enjoyed Northern Lights together with a hot tea and sweet cookies. The beauty of the sky made us realize how lucky we are to be here and enjoy this so peaceful Nordic land.

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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