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Wednesday, 6 April 2011

the shopping in lulea
the kulture haus
lol mico
our tour of lulea's media haus
ikea!
we went to finland!
show me your best moose
yay! dog sledding


Almost At The End....

Wednesday, 30 March 2011

us at the ice bar :) seriously, the drinks were so good!
Tee-Two (pick-a-boo in swedish)




Dogsledding, which we all agreed is the funniest thing we've done so far
Ice fishing

our creepy hotel that was straight out of the shinning
Moose for dinner, aka we ate bullwinkle
a beautiful water fall we passed on the way to the arctic circle

One of the reindeer we didn't eat

Friday, 25 March 2011

This is where we went to try Jams, they had cool berries we haven't had before that only grow here like cloudberries and arctic razberries
this is mico posing in front of the massive snow wall
the swedish version of starbucks is named after my dad!
this is the tanning water they tan the hides in, they haven't changed the water since 1891
these are the briefcases made at the tannery, they were beautiful and sold for $5,000-$10,000USD

this is our friend Carlene showing off her signature "big boy" burger
their indoor water park


Thursday, 24 March 2011

Life's a Beach... Apparently a frozen one!



The musical stadium at the University. Built for function, but with beauty in mind.
Not all icicles come on lighted strands you can buy at Target.... Go figure :)




Through the snow we found beautiful buildings and sidewalk sculptures.... this place is full of surprises.

We ate at this fancy restaurant Amy and Laura ate reindeer, I had cheesy beef. They loved their dinner, mine was.... well.... dessert was AMAZING!