Today we drove from our hostel in Taivalkoski to this former borderpost in Naruska.
But first the was the crank-start competition, it was won by our german team Tim and Nils 👍🏻.
After that we took off. In Taivalkoski we first visited the oldest shop in Finland to have a look.
It is a nice shop with traditional things, but we didn’t buy anything this time.
After the old shop we visited a modern shop to buy the things for the Polarcircle ritual and then drove off to be at the polar circle at three. We hit the coldest temperature until now, -16,3.
On our way to the pole circle we had a little d-tour past a restaurant with a dutch owner Gert-jan knows. He wan’t there but we had a coffee brake.
Then it was time te get to the polar circle, and because we didn’t seem any reindeer yet Tanguy and me dressed up in our reindeer suites just before the polarcircle.
On the circle every we had the ritual with the Sürströming, great group, almost everybody eat it and nobody vomited 🤮.
Gertjan was in his garbagedag outfit for this.
And offcours there were the traditional pictures with the polar circle sign. We have a Christmas card ready for next year now.
After this we were on our way to Naruska, an old bordercrossing with russia. On the way there we wanted to change the oil in the car, but al the garages were closed, and as temperatures are getting warmer we decided that maybe there is no need to do it. So we drove further north.
It was a nice road with lots of snow. The hostel for tonight was a former school in the border crossing village. We slept in the former library and classroom. Well actually the others did, Tanguy and me slept in the former teachers room, finally some privacy, except for the lack of curtains.
That night first it was sauna time, fiest the ladies and afterwards the men. And we had to cook our own diners. We had some salad and pasta from the other teams and our own sausages.
Diner
The dragon duck was a gift of the raid teams as thank you for our work and effort.
After diner there was the save arrival drink and the award ceremony of the crack-start competition, followed by a very nice evening in the former gym.
There was a pooltable so we ended up shooting some balls and having some drinks.
There was a pooltable so we ended up shooting some balls and having some drinks.
Winner of the crank-start competition
The price
A bit later as normal we turned to our beds after a full but pleasant day.
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