Ounäsväärä: Full of Hills and Thrills

Welcome to the walk to Ounäsväärä. Along this walk you will see numerous sites. One being the gorgeous water mass that is a dark crystal blue as well as numerous Fins cross-country skating. The lovely bridge below is called Jätkänkynttilä and is referred to as the lumberjack's candle. This is one of the best words I have learned yet because it sounds like "yacht count chocula".

Below you can also see the watch tower that we were able to go up into and look out over all that Rovaniemi has to offer. It was very wobbly once you got to the top.

All along the Watchtower....

Watch out hikers this is mosquito season!

The view from the watchtower...this is our little group. If you're wondering what was on the grill it was reindeer sausage and veggies. yum.

The mosquitoes are quite awful in Finland. They are not the large mosquitoes that we sometimes have in Ohio so they are the small little black buggers that just swarm you every time you go outside. In short we have been bathing in mosquito repellent and I have gotten used to the taste of the chemical. haha. As you can see in this picture Rebekah was doing a fine job protecting herself from these persistent bugs.

As you can clearly see on Sara's forehead that she did not do a very good job in applying the protection shield.

While we were up on the big hill we discovered that animals are not trained by actual languages but by the sound of the command. We were taught how to tell dogs to sit and lay down in Finnish. To sit sounds something like, "e-stoop" and to lay down sounds like, "marrvvvvv". I am not quite sure how to spell these. obviously.

After a long walk up the hill one needs a refresher. Apparently Olvi is the last name of a person and it is the Miller Lite of Finland. Not only does it hold a lot of Finnish value but it is also quite tasty also.

Moi Moi,

Megan