We are having a fantastic time and Alyssa has been a wonderful host and has shown us around town and we have met her good friends, who are so polite. Last night there was a music night and she made some really yummy cookies with small Reeces Pieces in the center and everyone loved them.

We went for a drive last night and this is a sunset over the lake. It was very pretty and as you can see the lake is still frozen over. Sweden is a beautiful country and they have learned to adjust to long, cold, dark winters. The days are already long , it is light until 10.30pm and it is getting light at 3am. They will have winter for another month, here in northern Sweden.The picture explains itself. We are only about 5 miles from Jokkmokk, where Alyssa is living.

We were remembering that only a few years ago we were on the Equator in Equador. We hope to be above the Artic Circle in Alaska this summer.

We are having a dog sled ride on the lake. There are 10 dogs and we loved it and laughed all the way. Alyssa is playing with one of the puppies at the Sandbergs. We are north of the Artic Circle about 5 miles and its still winter but the snow is melting fast. This house is right across the road from the church where the team live. This house is very typical.
We went for a walk on Thursday morning and it was quite cold. *We were glad for winter coats, caps and gloves. This is a beautiful city and there are around 3000 residents. Alyssa and her two fellow Radical Journey peers are helping in the middle and high school with English teaching. They are also taking Swedish classes everyday.It is a nice little city and all the houses are painted so interesting.
We left on our 13 hour night train ride from Central Station in the City. It was a mass of bustling people. Everyone is very polite and patient. We left the station at 7. pm and arrived in Murjek the next day, hours late because there had been a train accident a few hours ahead of us. We had to be bussed the last several hours because the train rails were blocked. Alyssa was waiting for us in Murjek, for three hours. We got to Jokkmokk with Alyssa by car at noon intead of 9 am.

We walked for miles while in Stockholm and this is in Old Town, a famous square, or as I saw it a triangle. We saw this on several post cards after we took this picture so we thought we really are tourists. Everyone walks everywhere and there are no fat people in the city. This is one of Stockholms most famous spots. We are in Sodermalm looking across the river to Old Town (Gamla Stan). It is one of the most photographed areas of Stockholm.