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Today our story begins with Lapland and a long journey to Tromso. Tromso, known as the land of the midnight sun is indeed a magical light of our the universe, especially in the winters. Our journey began when we started at 7am, yet pitch dark outside. We had no options of starting any later as we had a flight to catch at Rovaniemi airport to Tromso. The initial plan was to travel by road, through Levi and Arctic Circle to Tromso. But the roads covered with snow, stormy weather dint allow us to choose the roads. Other reasons for not opting a drive to Tromso were freezing temperatures upto -30 as you drive further north, and the expenses would have been higher too. Not many people dwelling in these areas and there would probably be no one to seek help for any emergencies. One way car rentals from Finland to Norway would not be very budget-friendly. And for all these reasons and to keep our trip within budget, we just took na ride to the airport and then a flight to Tromso. Though we decided to take the flight, the drive to the airport by itself was an amazing fairy tale ride. With empty roads and snow, with the morning chill, we were lucky to find a small restaurant called "Kahvila Lohihovi Oy". Its not so easy to find a café around and when we actually did, was awestruck. This restaurant was a traditional Scandinavian-style café with large wooden walls and was run by a local lady who stayed just behind this café. Choice of food wasn’t very extensive, but our breakfast that included a decent egg meal and coffee was so content.
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