Ostersund to Arjeplog

Hello Lapland !! We drove from Ostrasund to Arjeplog today, into Swedish Lapland and about half an hours drive south of the Arctic circle. The weather is quite hot, even for us!! We met reindeer at a Sami village (Sami are the First Nations people of the Arctic band that takes in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia) and passed them on the side of the road too. Sami are the only people allowed to own and herd reindeer - there are no wild reindeer here ... all are owned by the Sami - but they protect them from predators such as brown bear, eagles, lynx and other big cats. We learned a lot about reindeer... then ate some with mushroom tea!!Les mer