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J233 - Sunday, June 6: Sammalvaara - Kaulinranta

74.07km  –10H30’
Altitude : 45m
In Finland, the houses don’t have shutters on the windows, the same as in the Baltic countries, and often the curtains don’t keep out the light.  It is daylight while we are sleeping and strangely enough, it is something to which we have not become accustomed.  When you open an eye, half asleep, you don’t know where you are in your night.  Dr. Roattino spoke to us about melatonin the “sleep hormone” which is released when there is no light and which plays an important role in regulating chronobiological rhythms.  Could that be what is upsetting Serge, who has not been sleeping well since we entered Finland?
In Finland, the villages have a convenience store or one or two super markets, which are always the same brand, unknown to us.  At the entrance a machine collects deposit items = glass bottles and various tin cans which are marked with a 0.15 cent deposit.  In some small villages the convenience store is also the post office.  The price of food is about the same as in France but there is less choice and menus don’t have much variety.
In Finland, Serge clocked 400 marathons and tomorrow will pass 17,000 km, before reaching Sweden on Tuesday morning.  We have been able to see Sweden for several days but we decided to stay in the euro zone as long as possible.  Tornio will be the end of the line for our long and pleasant stay in Finland
In Finland we had hoped it would be warm but even though we left the Arctic Circle at km 61, it’s still not warm.  We are now below the northern latitude 66°33’39”
Serge is happy in Finland and this evening a swollen and sore right Achilles tendon reminds him of Japan in 2006!
And lastly, the most recent videos are online: RenĂ© was the cameraman, Serge the editor and I was responsible for encoding and online posting: real team work!  

Town : Kaulinranta

GPS : N 66.27’72.3° E 023.42’30.1°