Another travel day but this was a nice relaxed one, so gently woke up and had coffee on the top deck while waiting for the boys to wake.
Slow walk to the train station through the town to see the sights and wait for our first train to Oulu.
While we were waiting we had another freight train come through, pulling loads more wagons of felled trees off to be processed.
The first train was the same as the final one yesterday, but a continuation of the journey - another 4 hours! This took us to Oulu which we would get the final train of the day from and with an hour to change.
Just as we got off the train the weather finally caught up with us and the heavens opened. We managed to get into the station building but couldn't venture any further for fear of getting soaked.
The final train of the day turned out to be the actual same train, just with a different crew. This meant different seats for us too as we don't book any so have to sit where there's space. Turned out that the spare seats were in one of the little enclosed carriages, which we shared with a young woman and her son.
Arriving in Kemi and all of the sidings were full of empty log wagons, with a huge processing plant behind. Chimneys were bellowing out steam which smelled of pine needles, so really nice!
Again the heavens opened on our walk to the next hotel and we got soaked to the pants. This stop is a family room in a hostel, so very different from everything else we've stayed in so far.
Popped out for food as the rain eased off, and ended up at a kebab house, which serves mediocre food for extortionate prices.
Quick stop at the supermarket for more low alcohol wine, then back to play snooker and cards.
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