Winter Wonderland Wedding..

Another later start to the day almost missing the sun having almost come out during the late morning…a lunchtime breakfast after my late night night again, and after lunch…a walk into the nearby village of Karesuando, where a young couple from the Lodge were to get married ! I thought there had unusually been a large group of people, who seemed to always be separate , now, the explanation ! They had all come together, around 20 of them for the Nuptials in Sweden, and Reception in Finland, for a British couple – a truly International celebration – apparently the groom had proposed on a trip here last year,under the Northern Lights,as the Japanese would say, a truly auspicious occasion.

Most of the people from the Davvi Lodge seemed to be milling about near to the Church, in it’s serene beauty, with candles flaming along the drive to the front door, ready to see the Groom and best man arriving by Snowmobile

…. followed not long afterwards by the Bride and her Mother in a sleigh pulled by a Reindeer..all say Aaah !

I was then ready for a cup of hot chocolate and cakes in the Cafe at the Tourist Office..before working my way back to the Davvi lodge for dinner, looking forward to my nightime adventures..the lodge had been done up, again with candles on the drive to the Lodge, no doubt celebrating the wedding..pretty..or ..?After a warming dinner, I rested again, before donning my gear for another trip up the hill, going once without success, returning for a ‘warm’ and back again for a further couple of hours, eventually giving up around 2 a.m., although I did seem to be getting used to the cold, only –15C !