This morning I arrived in Rovaniemi, Finland's gateway to Lapland, located at the Arctic Circle. This is definitely the farthest north I have ever been in my life. I walked around this small city today and took some photos - this shows the path I followed along the river.
Rovaniemi has a university (University of Lapland) that has a beautifully-designed school of arts.
It snowed on me today as I walked around, and it is really coming down now. It's 9:20 pm as I write this, and it is as bright outside as it was at 5:00 pm.
Tomorrow, I'm off to a workshop in Kiilpisjarvi, located even farther north of here, at the borders of Finland, Norway and Sweden. I'll give a talk, help workshop some other scholars' work, climb a mountain and take my first Finnish sauna.
Hisako has all of the Tallinn photos, which I still hope to share.
1 comment:
Hi Chris and Hisako!!
I sure envy you! I can't believe you get to travel to Finland! Can I vivst? ^_^ Lucky you!
I just got done with AP testing and there's more testing on the way. Thankfully, I've got a string of A's so far in high school so I'm that worried. I'm currently ranked 3rd in my class, but intend to change that in the near future!! ^O^
So why don't you drop by for some hot pot on the way back? My mom's got the pot all set and ready to boil away!! We sure miss you guys!
~Youyou
P.S.
Mom and David say hi.
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