Summer is Here!

(Kind of...). It has been around 10 C (50 F), but we almost have midnight sun and the wildflowers are blooming and the trees are green!

Beautiful.

And I can go kayaking on Lake Torneträsk now!

View as you walk from the station down to Lake Torneträsk.


Same spot at 10:30 pm.


View of Lapporten from the kayak.

School Music Performance

Last week, I went to the end of the year music concert at the kids' school in Abisko. Pretty impressive! There were kids from the ages of 7 to 15 playing music and singing together on stage.... electric guitars, drums, keyboards, microphones, xylophone... They managed to form proper bands!

I thought the music selection was quite interesting and a bit surprising. Here's what they played:

"Enter Sandman" by Metallica
"Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi
"I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry
"If I Was a Boy" by Beyonce
"L-O-V-E" by Nat King Cole

And we just sang songs in a choir when I was in grade school!