I've seen the northern ligt!

Tana and Karasjok

I'm still up north, I'll be here five more days. This weekend I've been visiting my cousin in Tana, which is about 180 km. north of here. I was also filming a bit while I was there cuz they are having a marked up in Tana with things to buy, things to see and competitions.

Yesterday I went to see snowscootercross. It was a lot of fun :-) Then we went to the marked. Some of the people there were laps, or sami, the native people in norway. A lot of them are raindeer-farmers. I bought a pair of shoes which they make themselves. They make them out of raindeer skin and wool. If you look at the sami-woman she has a pair of similar shoes.

Today I drove back to Karasjok, but had to make a stop on the way to do some filming again. Right now there is a dog sled race going on here. It's not as hard as the one in Iditarod, but it is the one which the northernmost sled dog race in the world.

After I got back to Karasjok I went for a short crosscountry ski trip, enjoyed a sauna, and had a nice meal at the restaurant here. So I've had a very nice day :-) Now I will go outside to see if I can see the northern light.

I'm back up north

Last week I had four days off, so Kjetil and I went to his cabin for some days. We went skiing again one of the days and it was perfect!

Yesterday Kjetils dad had a birthdayparty. He was 70 last Wednesday so he had a big party. It was fun, but we had to leave a bit early cuz I had to catch an early plane today.

I am back up in the north of Norway now. In Karasjok, where the laps live. I'll be working here for two weeks. I did bring my skis, but tonight it was -19 degrees Celcius. That is a bit cold to go skiing...

Punctured tyre

Yesterday Kjetil and I was driving to his place, and suddenly the tyre got punctured while driving on the highway. We of course know how to change a tyre, but no matter how hard we pulled, pushed or even jumped on the wrench we could not loosen the nuts.

Finally we realized we had to call for help. After about half an hour the rescue guy came. We explained the situation and told him we couldn't loosen the nuts. He took the wrench, placed it on the nuts and loosened them like there was no resistance at all.... How annoying!! If it only had been a bit hard for him too... I'm not week, but not very strong either it seems. Kjetil told him his back was bad ;-)

Healthy week

I feel really healthy at the moment. Wednesday I went bellydancing - I've taken up bellydancing again - Friday I went to do pilates, and yesterday Kjetil and I went crosscountry skiing. I've never done pilates before, but it was fun. I'd like to go every week, but with my job scedual I can only make it every third week :-(
Bellydancing is also a lot of fun, but it is getting more and more difficult. I guess that applies for everything though. It is really good for my neck and shoulders and I feel really loose after ever practise. I've never really danced before, so I find it a bit difficult to syncronise arms, legs and body... But I hope I get better as I learn more even though it feels like the opposite...

Winterwonderland

Just wanted to show you some pictures from a couple of weekends ago when we went to Kjetils cabin. The weather was really nice and I had my first ski trip this winter. I did have to buy new ski boots, cuz I didn't find my "old" once. Not very much snow, but just enough to go skiing.

Imaginary Husky

Today I decided to walk home from work. It's a two hours walk, but the weather was nice and I finished work at one pm. After having walked for a while I was stopped by two young girls. They told me they were photo students and they were given an assignment to take portraits of people. They decided to take pictures of strangers together with their dogs. But the dog should be an imaginary dog ;-) So they asked me if I could help them. I thought that sounded like fun so I went with them to the studio. So there I was, hugging my imaginary Husky while they took my pictures. I know it sounds like hidden camera, but it really wasn't. I looked at one of the pictures after they were done, and it actually was really cool. Well, I better go, my "dog" wants me to feed him and take him for a walk... Being a dog owner is much more work than I imageined. I think I better return him :-)