One our last afternoon in Lapland, we went to the Deer Farm. We had a full day already but it was fun to relax and get some yummy filling lunch near the Jaakkola Reindeer Farm and then see what the farm was about.
We also were visiting the farm at a glowing hour of the day.... so be prepared for a few picturesque pictures.
Like this one.
Here we go with the photo shoot again. We love any opportunity to take pictures of Alex and he doesn't love getting his pictures taken (unlike Katya).
How deep is this snow!!?
And look how gorgeous and peaceful this looks.
We visited the farm when it was very quiet there and we were the only visitors.
You basically pay the fee per person to walk through the farm and spend as long as you want there.
They had boxes with feed so we could give them some food.
They all looked like Sven from
Lots of signs explaining different facts about the reindeer and how they have so many of them in Finland, each one with an identification number.
More pictures from our serene walk.
Yeah, I had to bribe this one, but it worked. I am talking about the reindeer:).
SO MANY of them everywhere.
You bet we have a slow motion video of this too, upon Robert himself.
They probably felt like they had made the best friend in Mark.
Traditional but snowy selfie.
And more beautiful pictures.
Because it's not every day that we get to be in a snowy place, at such a beautiful time, and with so much peace in our hearts.
This is the outside of the restaurant and gift store (where I did not buy 60 euro leather mittens for Katya) of the Jaakkola Reindeer Farm, by the way.
And this was our last adventure in Lapland! We had to make it back to Rovaniemi that night to catch the Santa Claus Express at 9 pm to get back to Helsinki.
Bye, Lapland! You've been so amazing and unique! One might say that you can find the same stuff in Alaska or Montana or something--but we disagree.... there is just so much of Scandinavian culture here as well, and that is what makes all the difference. We love it!
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