It was cold but not snowing as we walked the city's windswept streets and immense, rapidly growing harbor. Along there way we found some interesting ships in the harbor and some eye-opening artwork.

We found the dogs! The evening of the previous day Hilkka provided an exact address and we met Victoria who worked there. She introduced us to Bass (or Bassim) a sled dog trainer from Vienna (he’s of Egyptian descent) and he in turn introduced us to the dogs he was trying, all adolescent females.

We spent the late morning and early afternoon looking for the dog sledding camp we had learned about. We had the name, Älaskero right, but not an exact address and after driving 25 miles ended up in the middle of a National Park, but no dogs!

Happy holidays from Santa Central in Rovaniemi, Finland! I mean being in Lapland, surrounded by fresh snow, we had to visit Santas Village. This small town and the Santa Village nearby brings thousands upon thousands in. It’s just below the Arctic Circle.