Greetings from the Ice Hotel!
When we arrived for a tour we were able to see how the ice blocks were made from the Torne river, how the hotel is constructed new each year from solid river ice, though it melts by the end of April. There's of a chapel where weddings are held, suites and rooms of ice with beds of ice, the Absolute Bar, a gift shop and lodge. Many of the rooms are unique with ice sculptures and carvings on themes,
At the Absolute Bar, vodka is served in a clear ice glass that chills the drink while you are sipping it. The entire glass is made of ice with a whole bored in the center. The amazing part is that your lips do not freeze to the glass and it is comfortable and refreshing to drink right from the ice glass.
We have all enjoyed our stays with our host families and leave by train this afternoon to Gallivare.
Wheel
Wheel
Latest Earthquakes - Last 7 Days
Rotary District Conference
Team Presentation
Vanessa
Happily learning about Forsakringskassan (social insurance/pension) in Lulea
Swedbank in Lulea
Vanessa with Private Banker Jorgen Pucher
Gammelstad UNESCO World Heritage Site
Church and town
Lulea
Mixing dough
Gammelstad UNESCO World Heritage Site
inside the church
Lulea
Hi from the Lulea River
Gammelstad UNESCO World Heritage Site
Outside the church
Lulea Old town church house
Inside the house
Gammelstad UNESCO World Heritage Site
Entering one of the church houses
Lulea River
Clearing the river channel
High point
Overview
lutheran
Skelleftea Lutheran Church
Skelleftea
Church homes nearby
press
Rubber fabrication in the molds
Skelleftea
Touring the Rubber Plant
Skelleftea
Breads ready to buy
Bread Factory
Ready to bake
Mats
Mats in his studio
Skelleftea
Team in Skekkeftea bread factory
Swedish flat breads
Kiruna flat bread
ice
Breaking the ice
standing on the river
Climbing down to the river ice
Lulea River Ice Breaker
Ice breaker vessel in the port
Luleå Rotary Club Lunch
Lulea Rotary meeting
Presenting Rotary club banners
Lulea
downtown
Downtown Luleå
Sandy, Knut, Margareta
Sandy with hosts Knut and Margareta
hosts
Dinner hosts Lennart and Margareta
Around Gallivare
Train Station
polar circle
At the Arctic Circle
66 degrees north
Crossing The Arctic Circle
jokkmokk arrival
Meeting Rotarians in Jokkmokk
museo
Sami Museum
april showers
Driving to Jokkmokk
traditional snow
Tradional house in Gallivare
ski
Ski slope in town
erin
Erin driving
big boys toys
Getting in the driver's seat
aitik
Digging equipment Aitik mine
Luleå
Dinner Party for Team
aitik
Aitik open pit copper, gold, silver mine
tradition
Sitting around the fire in the sami house
Lennart
Entering the tree bark Sami house
pathfinderlapland.se
An evening with the Sami
ICEBAR
Having a drink at the Icebar
ICEHOTEL
Entering the Hotel
1st sunset
Sunset in Kiruna
ICE HOTEL
Ice Chapel with reindeer skin seats
fjord
Norway fjord
Suomi (Sami) Host
narvik group
Norway fjord- top of the world
equipe
LKAB mine
LKAB
In the depths of the LKAB iron mine
city hall
Kiruna City Hall
nordic
Cross country skiiing
lkab
View of LKAB iron mine
before
We're almost ready.
kirune kryka
Voted most beautiful church in Sweden
7890
District 7890 GSE Team Sweden
Sundsvall Rotary District Conference
Caprice Concert
Sundsvall
Sundsvall
Around Sundsvall
Sundsvall City center
Dinner at Peter and Gunilla's
View from above Sundsvall
The shorn
pt with veterinarian
Physical Therapy
snowmachine
Snowmobiling in Umea in April
Umea
Sandy ready for flight with Stig-Ake Lindgren
Near Umea
The Family Homestead
Umea, ume river
View of Umea
dissertations
Dissertation Wall at Umea University
skulpture
In front of Northern Lights Sculpture at Umea University
skuleskogen
Top of Skuleskogen with Claus
skyline
Nocturnal picnic
Evening Hike
3 comments:
That looks really cool! Pun intended!!
Looked the Hotel up and it looks like it's about $466 a night to sleep on a block of ice! Youch!
Hi guys--bet you're glad you brought those parkas and long underwear! How exciting to visit a second Scandinavian country and see the fjords and the reindeer. Keep posting...Sandy, did you give the gift to someone going to the District Conference so you wouldn't have to carry it around?
Alma
Hi Team--can you post your great photos like you did the ones of the meal (in the body of the blog) because when they are on the right side they cannot be enlarged with a click and they are fabulous photos.
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