Scandinavia

The next day we got up around 8 am. After packing our luggage and eating breakfast we loaded everything and the car. While loading the car it started to rain, so we had to put the car up against the veranda to be able to stay dry when packing everything. Around 9:30 we left for a trip of about 380 km to Färnäs in the Dalarna province, again more to the south. All the way we had sunshine alternating with rain. Around noon we stopped at a roadside restaurant to have something to eat and after about three quarters of an hour we continued. On the way we saw the first moose crossing our way this holiday. In the past weeks we had seen dozens of signs warning us for wild life but we never saw any until now. The moose crossed our way about 200 meters ahead of the car. After another stop for refuelling and taking a snack we arrived at a quarter to four in Färnäs. The driving directions we had were not fully correct so we could not find the cottage immediately, but after some driving up and down the village and some questioning we finally arrived there. It turned out to be a very nice, small cottage with many conveniences like a microwave, coffee machine and even a mixer and a vacuum cleaner. There is also a TV, VCR and a music centre and all for the price of no more than 300 SEK per night (± €35.=). The cottage has two storeys and is located in the backyard of the owners. On the ground floor there is the kitchen with a dinner table and the toilet/shower and on the top floor there is a sofa bed, a bunk bed and the TV and music centre. The top floor also serves as the living room when the sofa bed is used as a bench, but we will mainly live in the kitchen. Next to the cottage there is also a small playhouse that was inhabited immediately by Ciska. She was getting used to such playhouses as these were also present in Oulu as well as in Simo, both made by Pekka. As we did not do any shopping today we went out eating in Mora in a Cajun restaurant. On the way back we did some shopping for next day breakfast.