Peter's Food Diaries

A typical afternoon snack for Peter as he strives to become ripped in Sweden. Watch out John!

Peter's Video Diaries- Darts

We put a dart board up in Peter's room- the poor wall.

Peter's Video Diaries- Ice Hockey

Peter and Michael attempting to skid sideways to a stop like the pros.

Peter's Video Diaries- Snow Sports

Since arriving in Lulea we have found ourselves participating in nothing but extreme sports. Here are some examples:

Tobogganing -

Snow diving -

Snow climbing -

Snow diving (again) ft. Random! -

Introducing Peter's Video Diaries

Jokkmokk

Yesterday we went north to Jokkmokk for a winter market they hold there every year. And when I say north, I mean inside the Arctic circle north!

It was both really cold and really beautiful. The last hour of the trip to Jokkmokk was through rolling forests of snow covered trees. It was worth the drive just to see them.

Who is the idiot walking into the snow to take a photo- Oh wait, its me.

We ended up having about 5 hours in Jokkmokk which would have been fine it it wasn't so cold. As we got off the bus it was supposedly -23 degrees but it felt colder! We spent most of the day trying to find warm places to hide but when we did venture out there was some interesting things to see.

Sami people who are local to the area in their traditional clothes

Reindeer!

The market stalls themselves were a bit disappointing. Like any market, most of what was being sold was cheap stuff you wouldn't want. If you wanted things from the local area, your choices seemed to mainly be knives, reindeer furs, reindeer hats and reindeer meat. That said we did find a few things to buy so it wasn't all for nothing.

We also had lunch in a teepee which consisted of stewed reindeer meat with potatoes and cranberries which was both new and delicious. For all those wondering- reindeer meat doesn't taste all that different to beef.

Enjoying a well earned lunch

Ice Hockey (Extreme)

Last night was our first night of ice hockey. Some Swedish PHD students rent a rink twice a week for the exchange students to learn to play ice hockey so we thought we would give it a go. The first problem had been that we didn't have any gear. But by asking around we were able to find helmets, pants and sticks abandoned in various corridors that we took. We also brought some ice skates and were ready to go. The second problem was that the rink is a half hour ride from where we live, and training starts at 10pm. Oh and it had been snowing all day so the track was covered in 10cm of fresh powder. Hardcore riding was in order.

Despite all this we loaded up our bikes and were ready to go.


Exhibit A: The loaded bikes- try riding behind me

We laced up our skates and were ready to hit the ice:


Sup Christophe giving thumbs up at the back


Peter in his sexy pants


The cage on the front of my helmet is tied on with string- very safe


Ice hockey!


Cassie and Peter coming off the ice after our first training. Peter was clearly born to skate- note the angle of his skate...