A journey to Rovaniemi, the city of Santa Claus. Lapland region, Finland

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The cold there is intimidating, the idea of visiting the land of Santa Claus, and the desire to be pulling in the woods covered with snow by sled dogs howling us to search the internet for an inexpensive way to make a trip seems to be a little expensive.
First try the flight to Helsinki, and thankfully it comes with a low cost, and we fly from Helsinki to Rovaniemi Finnair but we can get away contenedo cost less than $ 200 apiece. Arrived Rovaniemi await us two hours pulmann because we all intentions not lose spectacle dawn Boreal and since we read that more 'thee push north and more' probable you happen see her we head until Luosto.
The bus that takes us north appears to have snow tires proof ice. dashes on snowy road completely to 120 per hour as if nothing had happened ..... I'm dying of fear but be distracted by the presence of the normal landscape.
We come to Luosto and the thing that strikes us more and the total silence everything seems still and surrounded by snow is not seen nothing but white light lasting a few hours (about four per day) but the Lapps are organized and the ski slopes are all lit up late at night.
The next morning we go on a trip with snowmobiles to see mines amethyst and lunch in a Lappish kota where there is a delicious soup bollentissima and therefore very welcome return of salmon and then we do a good sauna in our apartment Wood found www.immholiday.com.Il on the following day we realize our desire to draw us into the woods between reindeer and snow from a very comfortable sleigh dogs at night knowing that we had the surprise to be dazzled by a show that will remain in our mind for a lifetime: the Northern Lights: something so magnificent not find the exact words to describe it is able to be seen. ... and we know we have had a great privilege
We just have to come back to Rovaniemi and visit Santa's village so famous that, as suspected, it is quite touristic but we are pleased to be immortalized with feet placed on the Arctic Circle.

Return to base happy that all our friends have seen indirect internet webcam in the center of Rovaniemi