Traditional Dinner in Lappland

Tonight we drove about 40km to eat a traditional local dinner.  We dined in a tee pee of sorts. Apparently, the indigenous population lived in tee pee style tents, until they eventually replaced them with similarly designed wooden structures. Inside we were served thinly sliced reindeer cooked in cream with leaks.  Potatoes and vegetables - all warmed over an open fire.

There was also Lingenberry jelly and juice, bread, coffee, beer, wine, cookies, a full spread

 with something for everyone.  Outside the weather started snowing and was chilly, but inside the large fire was hot, but not smokey.

After our hosts explained the meal to us, we served ourselves and ate sitting on reindeer pelts on long wooden benches.  Instead of using the more traditional wooden shingles for plates, we used paper plates.

Now it's time to get organized for tomorrow and get some sleep - we have a lot to shoot in only a few hours of day light.  After we wrap at our location, we have to race back to our hotel, change into dry clothes, gather our personal gear and head to the airport to return to Stockholm.  It took a long time to get here, and it's certain to take as long to get back.