Today we had to drive back the same way we came, so we got to experience that amazing road twice! Today it was glorious sunshine and we took our time. We stopped just outside the tunnel to the island village of Vardo. The tunnel looked like a giant sea serpent ready to gobble up unsuspecting traffic. I knew better though. There was no way I was going through this sub-arctic ocean tunnel. So we stopped and admired it, took some photos and moved on.

We stopped at a place called Domen, a mountain where the witches were tried back in the 17th century. This was a bit of a spooky place, because as soon there as we stopped a civil defence type alert came through on our phones. You know, the loud scary siren type sound? They used them a lot during covid. Anyway, we both looked at our phones, relieved that it was just a test, and it wasn’t the witches seeking revenge.

We took a walk out onto the hill, and a strange noise followed us. It was really eerie and hard to explain, but I might have captured it on my GoPro.

We are very close to Russia here. It was quite surreal, sitting, eating our lunch while looking at Russia, just across the border. It’s a pity they require a visa, otherwise we could drive there.

We stopped in the small town of Vadso as we saw they had a library. So we spent the afternoon having a nap and catching up on internetty things, completely wasting the sunny day. We stayed the night outside the library and it was very quiet.