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A break in Tornio

For the past two days we have been staying in a town called Tornio, Finland which is right by the Swedish border by the Gulf of Bothnia. We have been staying in a nice air B&B in downtown and my dad's friend Jens-Ole came to visit us. He has known Rick since he came to Norway in 1984. It was nice to meet him and we spent a bit of time doing some shopping and saunaing with him. I have been on a bit of a sauna streak throughout the past week and it has been an amazing way to end a long day of biking. A few weeks ago my dad got a blister on his left foot, which got complicated from some athletes foot, then he slammed his foot into a bedpost, dropped some firewood on it and now there's an infection throughout his entire foot. He finally went to the doctor yesterday and learned about the infection. The doctor gave him some pain killers and antibiotics to help with the infection. The infection is causing a lot of pain but he is slowly getting better after two days of resting in Tornio. Tomorrow we are planning to see how he is feeling, and then decide if we will either go 5km to a campsite to rest his leg for another day, or have a normal day of 70km and keep heading south towards Helsinki. Other than that our trip has been fantastic and biking down the Finnish/Swedish border has been beautiful. We have met some very nice people that have been very welcoming and friendly. I have been working through my online school courses and I have now started Science 10, ELA 30 and CALM (Career and Life Management). They have been pretty easy so far but it gets a little boring as it is almost 100% reading and then answering questions. I miss being in a classroom with all my friends but travelling the world makes up for it. We crossed over the Arctic Circle the other day so hopefully it will get warmer! I have been taking more and more photos as we continue our travels so make sure to check out the photography page!


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