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This have nothing with aquarium to do - but even a reefer need vacation. We travel when either of us (me and my wife) have an important birthday. When she get the age of 60 - we traveled to Thailand - the year after - when I was 60 - we backpack us through the same country. I have to admit - we flew both times. But when I celebrated my 60 years birthday - we took the night train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai. It was a pleasant trip. It was rather funny - in our small apartment of the train we were two older pairs. In the next apartment - it was youngsters. In the evening - when the train host had decided that it was sleeping time - she was arguing to the youngster - go to bed, go to bed. However in our part - she was coming around every 15 minutes to see if there was any signs that we want to sleep - not saying anything. They have respect for elder in Thailand! Let me admit - we took an extra beer that night :p
Last year (10 years later - you have to do the math by your self) we was in southern Italy. We fly to Vienna and took the train down to the strait of Messina. It was a half "Greta effect" as we say in Sweden. It was a wonderful trip - we said - we repeat this next year but make the major hit on the Adriatic side of Italy.
This year - in January - I surprised my wife with saying - I want to go north this year. I do not know that time that Italy should be total shout down yesterday - I only felt that I want to see snow again - as I did when I grew up.
Of some reasons (baptist of our latest grand child - Tigran) we have to start our travel in Malmö central station. At 12:00 8/3
We stop at Stockholm and leaved around 18:30 the same night. We took the night train to Narvik, Norway.
Passing the arctic circle - early in the morning
Ending up in Kiruna - high up in the north of Sweden. In the picture you will see Kirunavaara ( not Swedish - it is the Sami language) It is the mother of Swedish steel and the main reason (IMO) why Sweden could stay out from WWII (Germany need the ore from this mountain and a neutral Sweden would not be bombed)
The train get further on the track between Kiruna and the always open harbour of Narvik along the "Malmbanan" - still the most important shipping route for Swedish iron ore
From Narvik - we arrive 24 hours after the start in Malmö - we took the bus further out to the Lofoten archipelago - to the town of Harstad. Here you can see a fdish for the first time in this post.
We stay in a hotel with the best view from a Sauna that I have ever seen
Stay tuned - updates will follow
Sincerely Lasse
Looking forward to "traveling" along with you!
