So last year I went to the beautiful region of Lapland(Lappi in Finnish) in Northern Finland. It was a fantastic place full of forests with wildlife I've never seen until coming, ski resorts, exotic cuisine, kind people and of course Santa Claus!!(I couldn't visit Santa but I hope I'll do it sometime lol) I went to a cabin near the city of Kemijärvi which was a cool experience to me as I don't usually go to these winter resorts.
There were many places to visit as well as a completely new culture to discover, the Sami culture, which has its own language, costumes and their interesting environment. Although the country isn't really big, it's cool how so many things can change from one region or city to another. It wasn't snowing so much but it was good to me as it doesn't snows in my country and when I want to go skiing I need to go to another country. I love snow but not too much as it can get messy.
By the time I went to Lapland my Finnish skills where improving so I wasn't really lost as you might know Finnish is a very difficult language but as I like it, I enjoy learning new words and sentences all the time. I would like to learn Sami language in the near future too.
Something that I really liked of course was skiing, it wasn't my first time but it felt like it was as I fell down so many times that I stop counting them haha. I didn't made any new friend as we where most of the time in the cabin or visiting some places around but it was a great experience anyway as you will see on the photos I took.
As I was just in the border of the Arctic I wanted to see the Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis which is a natural phenomenon that can paint the night sky with surreal colors and it can be seen in Norhtern Finland and other countries' Northern regions. Unfortunately I couldn't see them but if you come here try not to miss it! There are even some apps where people send information about where they last saw the Northern lights so if you are near the place you can go and see them! So cool!
So remember that if you come to Finland this is a place that you can't miss! :)
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| Hanging out in the Arctic! |
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| The forest with what seems like a small house for animals |
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| The cabin where I stayed |
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| A place in Lapland, I don't really remember where it was! |
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| Loved that place |
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| Melting snow |
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| Suomutunturi ski resort |
