Breaks are important – even on vacation. That’s why we took a rest / break on vacation that day. If you’re on the road every day like we are, seeing and processing new impressions, you simply need a break to restart your inner system.
But of course there are also such banal things as laundry, shopping and just chilling.
This is the view from the shopping center in Finnsness in the direcetion of the island Senja with the bridge crossing the strait.
In the evening, the kids had the urge to see and experience something again. So we went out into nature and discovered beautiful rivers and streams which are connected with a lake. We drove a whole round to find the best place. The water was freezing cold – but tell your kid that something is cold – when he wants to get into the water, he jumps in like a young fawn and is amused by the “that’s way too cold for me” faces of the parents. Too good that they didn’t photograph us doing it.
Watching kids in the creek bed is really funny. They splash first themselves and then of course the parents very gladly wet and are highly amused to watch, as we moved out of the water only supposedly protecting us from the cold splash water. While we were only up to our ankles in it, the kids were able to completely immerse themselves in their bathing suits and had fun doing so.
However, the mosquitoes like to bite here at the creek. Especially in the early evening hours. It’s not due to the lack of sunlight – after all, that’s available until late in the evening. The children were well sprayed with mosquito repellent. However, the little vampires called mosquitoes here seem to be resistant to common means and bit with relish. Unfortunately, we had too little means against the itching after a mosquito bite with us. So we had to go to the pharmacy again. Fortunately, the emergency button for such cases in the Xjour app works excellently. So we were able to quickly go to the next best pharmacy and put an end to the itch with local remedies. And so we could devote ourselves to our dinner in a relaxed manner.