It's always nonstop with Charppa!

Day 4 - Charppa was waiting for us in Helsinki with hugs and kisses!!!!  We load all of our stuff into a van her dad borrowed from his company.  We're about ready to leave the airport when dad realizes that he left his phone on the plane. (Good thing this was  not me!!!!  I'd of been in tons of trouble.)  We go back in but learn the plane has taken off already and nothing was turned in.  He is so sad because everything is on it.  We drive about 2 hours to Tampere, where Charppa lives.  I've never seen soooo many trees.  I'm sure now she lives in the woods!! (inside joke)  Heikki, her dad, has supper ready for us (he cooks much better than my dad does!) then we pack small suitcases and head right out for Lapland - a 10 hour drive, which I slept because I never did sleep on the plane.  When I woke up, we were in Lapland checking into a ski resort - luckily there was no snow though.  It was 4 in the morning Finnish time, so I tried to go back to bed.

Our hotel for 3 days.