KONG49 - Day Seven - Hiking & Brunching With Friends

 So! Very poor conditions from North America overnight. In the afternoon we picked up last night's LoranD recordings, but they were disappointing as well. Proper crappy signals from Asia today.  Slept a little late morning  after last night's magnificent dinner party with our Finnish friends Mika, Jim and Pia. But hey! I was in bed at 02:00!

We met again just before 10 local this morning for a 2-hour hike out to the Veines Lighthouse with diversions to the bird-watching shelter and WW2 Nazi fortifications. Below are some impressions from the hike:

Path

From left: Jim Solatie, OJ Sagdahl, Ole Forr, Mika Mäkelainen, me. Photo by Pia.

Jim's selfie, including Pia (to the right)

We were quite hungry upon return to the KONG-HQ, so we had a proper brunch with sourdough bread, king crab leftovers, cheeses, hams, salami, home made raspberry jam, milk, tea and coffee. Later on, the Finnish party left for their own AIH-HQ in Aihkiniemi - a four-hour drive.

A few more photos from yesterday's dinner might be in order:

Out of the oven (200 degrees Celsius)

Ready to serve!

With Carbonara and white wine!

Tastes delicious!

We had another trip to the swimming pool and sauna today. And after that, guess what? Dinner!

Reindeer tender loins marinated in oil and balsamico creme with spices, garlic, red chili and fresh juniper berries. A root veggies paste (with lots of real butter), a sauce with fried mushrooms and red wine, and of course the traditional lingonberry jam. (Some of us use lingonberry jam with everything meatish). And.....wow. Thanks to Magne at Raggo Rein for this suberb meat.

Tenderloins before frying.

Tenderloin with sauce, roots paste and lingonberries, ready to eat.

After the dinner we enjoyed some Grappa.

Weather today was 3-5 degrees Celsius, a chilly breeze and mostly cloudy but dry. It looks like tomorrow will be warmer (a bit of rain overnight), but very windy in the evening.