The tour guide made an attempt at taking us to Mount Storsteinen. Unfortunately, or fortunately for me, the cable car ride up the mountain was closed due to the strong wind.
It was fortunate for me as I had not brought the little lamp I purposely bought for this part of the itinerary.
The weather was gloomy even though it was daylight hours so a cute lamp would add cosiness to the pictures.
We were then brought to the Arctic Cathedral which looked pretty on the outside to take pictures, like what a typical tour group does.
We had a free day for most part of the day after that. We must have walked at least 20 minutes to the harbour to take pictures with the yachts.
A Malaysian girl who felt sorry for either my mother or me volunteered to take pictures for me when she saw that my mother could not take a decent picture for me.
For lunch, we went to Egon, also a highly-raved restaurant. I ordered a fish soup for myself and a sweet and sour chicken with rice for my mother.
My mother and I preferred the fish soup at Egon to the one at Pastafabrikken. It’s not so salty and it’s quite flavourful.
My mother liked the sweet and sour chicken. I tried it but thought it was ordinary.
We then window-shopped around the area where my mother bought two Christmas balls before going back to the hotel to rest. By then, it was 3pm or so.
We were reminded to meet the guide and be on the tour bus at 6pm for our activities on the agenda that day.
My mother took a nap and woke up at 4pm. I saw that she was awake, so I set my alarm to wake up at 5pm, thinking that she would wake me up when she heard the alarm.
It was 5.45pm when my mother woke me up. She said she fell asleep again after she woke up!
I shot up and rushed to get ready to rush out. Unfortunately, 10 minutes was just not enough. As we rushed to the lift, the tour guide rushed out of the lift. She was back to look for us. Everybody was waiting.
Sami dinner
We were driven to a place designated for tourists. A five-star teepee tent with at least ten four-seater tables awaited our arrival.
A warm blackcurrant drink was served. I told my mother that it was Ribena, which made the Indian girl sitting at the same table laugh.
After that, we were served what was known as ‘the traditional Sami dinner’. It was a fish soup dish which looked like it was made out of canned sardine fish with some veggies and unknown food.
My thought during the dinner was “The Sami people must be very thin people” and “I would be successful at dieting if I am one of the Samis!”
A fish soup is a dinner? Well, it’s good for dieting. To think I was saving my stomach for this.
After dinner, we were led to the husky dog farm just right beside the teepee tent, where the guy in charge gave a talk on how the husky dogs came about and how the farm started and was taken care of. It was reassuring that the dogs are not worked to death or abandoned when they are older. They would be adopted for free if I understood correctly and could adapt to a more sedentary lifestyle watching Netflix with you on the couch. The only thing constant about them is that they still need two hours of exercise every day.
We were allowed to interact with the dogs and take pictures with them, which I gladly did. I like dogs but I don’t have the time nor patience for them.
After the husky dog farm tour, we were guided to the other side of the teepee tent where a sheltered open area with a camp fire awaited us. We were supposed to wait for the Aurora. However, the crowd soon lost patience and went back to the bus. The guide seemed “huh?” and commented that the sky seemed cloudy and the chance of witnessing the Aurora was low and agreed for everybody to be back on the bus.
So that concluded our first night of waiting without seeing the Aurora.
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