29th March - Swim in Kirkenes

Today is Saturday, no work for all of us~

Maria suggested to go swim in Kirkenes

As the car can bring only 4 person, Jørgen gave away his chance for me to go with Maria and the kids by staying at home for his leisure time

I need to buy myself a new swim suit, because I just throw away the old one after I get my Advance Open Water Certificate on 5th March

Due to the almost transparent of my old swim suit for about 5 years I bought, 

not because I like to have a new one =.=

Along the way we drove to Kirkenes, the reindeer are everywhere

Please be careful with them, as all reindeer in Norway are belongs to their owner

Their live in wild but they have owner, and all the owner are Sami

This is a traditional business of Sami people in Norway 

The owner will frequently check on their reindeer, whether lost or being killed by others

And they have the right to report the police if they lost their reindeer

The road is too shinning to us when the snow reflected the bright from the sun

My favorite flower!!!

In Norway's shopping mall or market, the cashier will not help you to pack your stuff, they will only divide your stuff on the conveyor and you need to pack by yourself once they finished the scanning and done the paid with you

What makes their job so simple? They don't need to calculate the balance of change but the machine will do correctly~

A Rice's dessert

Strawberry taste for me

It's milk with rice and strawberry jam

Well, taste not bad, it's taste good instead

However I felt weird as I know that's rice, a food we treat like main source of meal 

such like spaghetti

Swimming Pool's locker with the entrance card function as the key of the locker

Almost all indoor swimming pool have their own sauna

That's my new swim suit

Maria brought me to the cheapest shopping mall to get one

She wanna pay for me but I manage to pay by myself

That's my swim suit, not fair to ask them pay for me, although I'm their Work-Exchanger

but I'm the one who agreed to come with them at first

Maria is very kind to me as she know I have further to go with money

 The adult pool and jacuzzi 

A long slide on adult pool

The kids pool

All pool is come with warm water of cause

The adult pool will be colder than the kids pool

And the jacuzzi is the warmest one

The kids pool used to have some pool toys for kids

or a floater, a ball to make fun between the kids

 Can you see the view outside?

Snow cover the ground

This is the view of North Norway, the Finnmark~ for 8 - 9 months yearly

That's why they will always say they miss the Summer ^o^

Really thanks to Maria & Jørgen, always find something special to bring me along

Without staying with them, I might be bored and died in cold somewhere

A good host are not only appreciate what had you contribute to them or help them

but try to introduce you their culture, lifestyle, and custom

I like to backpack in this way, everyday have a little discover on the land and their people