Oh, I just have to finish this blog by saying that I have arrived in Sweden.
At the moment I am in the rather erm... rural village.... the name translates to "Sauna-swamp!... lol!) It's literally in the middle of the forest, however it is on the main railroad connecting the North of the country with the South. I ended up here because the train had a breakdown. (Interesting that this did not happen at all in Romania, Ukraine or Belarus. The state railway has been privatized and must make a profit.. Hence they are skimping on the maintenance I imagine. Never before can I remember a Swedish train breaking down.)

Luckily the train was standing on this station when it broke down, and I noticed that woman was letting a cottage practically for free, so I thought, "why not"?

Here, you cannot buy alcohol, shop on a Sunday... voting for any party other than the Social democrats would probably be unthinkable. The finest Christians don't have a TV or internet because it may lure you into sin.... People greet each other with "God's peace", even the teenage boys!

Everybody has a snow machine and in the winter they see the Northern Lights all the time!

It's all rather charming and this place is extremely cheap to stay in. People are super friendly and I am sorting out my affairs.My neighbours are super friendly have already invited me over for coffee several times and I have sampled some very tasty home baked bread and waffles. Half of what they are saying is very hard to understand because the speak such strong dialect and use some Finnish and Sami words.

It's a part of my country that is very foreign to me and I would never have thought it could be so nice.

Will upload more pictures of Belarus and Latvia as soon as I can!