Up about 8am for a relaxed travel day. Quick shower and breakfast with a frame of snooker before checking out of the hostel.
We had a bus to catch as there are no train lines between the two towns, which are across the border between Finland and Sweden.
Got to the bus stop and waited while Di and Alex went to shopping for boots.
Boots brought and back to the bus stop in plenty of time for catching the bus to Tornio which is on the border with Sweden. The bus itself cost us €7 each and we used Google maps to know when to get off. There is essentially one town that is split by the border. On the Finnish side it is called Tornio and on the Swedish side it is Happaranda. So we walked across from one side to another. Right on the Swedish border there is a massive IKEA 😀.
We had a short half hour walk to the train station which was a really old building. The train took 90 mins to Boden, which is our stop for the night.
There was another 30 mins walk to the house we've rented for the night, but it's huge. 4 bedrooms, but only single beds in each one!
Popped out to the supermarket for supplies for the evening meal, but unfortunately they only had zero alcohol wine, so another 20 minute walk into town to the alcohol shop and €8 brought me a bottle of malbec.
Arrived back to some Swedish meatballs, followed by an evening of cards and snacks.
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