And today it ended. Goodby Nordlys. It was hectic, but all-in-all fairly easy and orderly. I did, however, leave my room access and sundry charges key in my room upon exiting and this caused quite a stir. Without officially swiping me out, how would they know I was really gone. ; )

But before I left Kirkenes I had one final excursion: the king crab, snow hotel, husky and reindeer excursion. Don’t get too excited though, my phone ran out of battery just before the husky dogs and puppies and reindeer! Sorry about that. They were very cute and friendly!

Snow Hotel:

I write and post this from the Kirkenes airport. Tonight I fly to Oslo via Tromso–remember, I am at the end of the earth. You have to fly through Tromso to get just about anywhere. I get in about midnight. Tomorrow morning I will try to take a quick walk in Oslo. Then, Oslo to Gdansk, Poland. Dinner with Mike tomorrow evening.