Hey Everybody! Here is the first post where I talk about all the fun things that I did! The first day we were there we traveled to the Amethyst mine. First they told us the history of the mine, and they gave us kuuma mejua (hot juice) I found a couple pretty amethysts. It almost felt like we were in Minecraft! Those purple machines took us up the mountain, but we had to walk back down and that took about 90 minutes. By the end we were all tired and hungry, not to mention tired of being in the cold. We ate dinner and then went to sauna and avanto. Avanto is the Finnish word that they use for when you cut a hole in the ice and jump in it. I went avanto every day except one, and I went to sauna every day as well. After that, we made pancakes over the fire. They were delicious and something that I definitely want to do again.The next day I finally got to meet Reindeer at a Reindeer Farm!! We went on sleds, and the reindeer pulled us. I was in a sled with Alya, and our Reindeer wanted to be in the front, so he sprinted his way forward and almost ran us into a tree, it was AWESOME!! We got to feed them, and some were eating berries which is why it looks like it has blood on its nose. We went downhill skiing, and it was beautiful weather. I have never had frost covering my hair before, and it is kind of hard to tell in this picture, but it was so cold that by the time we were done people had frost on their eyelashes and hair.