We received this zoo as a tip. We decide to take a look. We sleep one night at the adjacent campsite. Turn on the bread machine, Jinte enjoys cycling, we wash the windshield. Diede cleans along happily. Jinte and I go into the sauna together, we chat and she can handle the heat well. We can last at least an hour. Jinte on the lowest bench, I on the middle one. Then shower and go to bed. At night we hear all kinds of wild noises. Who knows, maybe tomorrow we will find out which animals they were.

Get to the zoo on time. Goos is not allowed to come along and it is quite sunny, luckily it stays nice and cool in the camper with a few windows open.

It’s actually a winter zoo. There is one path of ramps, so you pass all the animals. It’s crazy to think that the zoo is normally completely covered in snow. Only the otters still have some ice. Restaurants are closed because the high season is already over. We hope to see moose and reindeer in the wild, at least we have already seen them here. Behind a fence.

We meet a French family and start talking. They speak good English, which makes a difference because we only speak 10 words of French at most. They drove exactly the same route as us, but they have been on the road since January and have visited a few other countries. There are six of them, mom and dad, a girl of 11, a boy of 9, a girl of almost 6 and a girl of 1. In a camper just as big as us, only about 20 years older and therefore without power steering! Impressive. They ask if we would like to meet up somewhere tonight and have a BBQ. Pleasant! We spend 75 percent of the time at campsites, they have not stayed at a campsite even once. Of course, that also makes a huge financial difference for a family of 6.

We pack our things and drive towards Rovaniemi. Looking for a nice free spot for tonight. Along the way, believe it or not, we spotted our first reindeer!