- Linda
A winter's memory
This month I took a trip down memory lane on my hard drive and realized 8 years have passed since me, big sis and two friends took the forever train (aka the polar express ^^) from Gothenburg to the far north of Sweden.
The first of two times (so far) I've done that.
Boarding a train and arriving almost a whole day later (about 20 h) is really something.
Some would probably call it a waste of time but I kind of enjoy it, traveling slowly.
One can grasp the distances in a different way and have a lot of time to get excited and meditate about the trip and even then still have plenty of time left for a good sleep.
I also think that being quite homesick this winter I started dreaming about the seemingly endless evergreen forests and seeing real winter with a lot of snow like the ones they get in the north.
Last years winter in Jeju was abundant in snow (at least for being Jeju 😉) and we had some rather happy days playing in it and making lanterns and an igloo and such but this winter the "big snow" was nothing more than a thin layer of white powder on the cars and roofs that melted away within a few hours...
Anyway, it's hard to think that such a long time passed since this trip!
I had at least five good reasons to love that trip;
One. Riding a Husky sleigh for the first time!
Two. Staying at the breathtakingly (is that a word?) beautiful Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi.
Three. The dreamy northern lights we chased on the thick ice of the Torne river.
Four. Waking up after a night's sleep in -5°C (surprisingly still alive XD)
Five. Watching the starry night sky and aurora from the window of "the forever train" back home.
Oh! I almost forgot!
Six.Having a toast and coffee break in a cozy tee-pee must be on the list as well!
I can't help getting this cozy winter feeling while looking back at these pictures.
