ROVENIEMI SUNSET

Before leaving Roveniemi yesterday morning Dave took on the cold once more to snap off the last of our Roveniemi photos. He was eagerly awaiting the sun to rise as from the time it started to appear around 11.20 am there was a 40 minute window until it had fully risen and then started to go to sleep again. He's becoming quite the photographer.

11.22 am



















12.01 pm

Our flight was delayed only 30 minutes from Roveniemi to Helsinki but from Helsinki to Frankfurt it could have gone any way. Frankfurt airport had been closed all morning due to snow and we were told they had a 3 hour window with which to allow planes to take off and land, firstly clearing any backlog. An hour after scheduled take off we boarded only to have to sit in the plane for another 30 minutes before given the go ahead by traffic control for push back and take off. Whilst waiting around, Dave found these and Jayden then joined the reindeer eating Stark's.

We got in to our hotel room finally around 9.30 pm after waiting for the shuttle bus (once again in the freezing cold). We have two hotel rooms, interconnecting, which now look like a Chinese laundry after handwashing in the bathtub.

The car this morning, about 30 centimetres of snow covering.

We're now anxiously awaiting the arrival of Jason who has departed Sydney and shouldn't be too far from Kuala Lumpur now.

More beautiful sunsets and photos here.