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Tiny cabins
We weren't sure what these cabins were, maybe storage, but they were so cute!
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Hotel
We stayed in a log suite. On the other side of the lodge was the hotel.
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Kirakka!
We really liked this name. We even thought about naming our next dog "Kirakka" but when it came down to it we thought maybe it was…
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Cabins
All of the cabins were sold out when we were there but we hardly saw anyone except for meal times.
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Close to the lodge
We were happy we were so close to the lodge. For dinner we could walk over there without having to put on so many layers.
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Outside cabin
The outside of our cabin.
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Looking around
We still had to get our super cold weather outfit from the hotel but we decided to look around a bit first.
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Pretty view
The views outside of the windows was so pretty! It was hard to capture.
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Eek!
A driver picked us up from the airport. It took about an hour to get to the hotel. Boy, were we glad we had the driver. First, it…
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Two staircases
I don't think we've been on a plane that boarded and deplaned with two stairways.
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Selfie!
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Photos!
Everyone got off the plane and started taking pictures.
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Ivalo
Ivalo is 250km (about 156 miles) north of the Arctic Circle.
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Landed!
Oh boy! It looks cold!
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Bill in to the tunnel!
He has the map!
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Another tunnel
Up the ladder to a different tunnel!
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The end
We finally reached the end of one tunnel. It took a while!
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Movie
They were playing a short movie about the underground tunnels.
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Snow storage
They packed all of the snow in this underground room. It was quite cold in there and the ground was wet. By Summertime it was stil…
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Weights
These are weights used to weigh the ice. They used to pack these tunnels with snow in the winter and then in the Summer they would…
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Underground tunnels
Alcañiz has underground tunnels you can tour for 2 Euro. You enter through the tourism office.