Lapland

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D+2 continued. The scenery today was mostly this. Straight wide roads flanked by pine forests. Not much traffic, only he odd timber truck (always speeding but with millimeters precision), motorhome (most often at snail pace) and incredibly dirty 20-year old run Volvo with roof racks.



Occasionally we went through small groups of houses but very little industry. Made you wonder how these people made a living. Almost no shops Often however there was a small roadside cafe serving home made pastries. No franchises. We had lunch in Särna and chatted with the owner. He had moved from Malmö city to ger away from the stress: "Here it's more important how your chain saw is running than how much your wrist watch costs. This is heaven."

As we moved further west, towards the Norwegian border and even less populated areas, the roads became worse. Still tarmac, but uneven, bumpy and holed. Eva could still maintain a decent pace with her V-strom but the RS bounced all over the place. We reminded ourselves that we were on holiday and slowed down to 40-50 km/h.



We arrived at Hotell Kallgården https://www.hotelkallgarden.com/ in the village of Kall after a long climb from Järpen. Built in the 1920s by two widows, sold in the 1950s and then run unchanged by the same family for 40 years it had stood unused for years. Now bought and re-opened, still very much unchanged. This was our room view.