ROAD TRIP TO AN ICY FANTASY

I'M A WINTER BABY. BORN IN JANUARY AND  YES, DRIPPING IN HEAT WAVES.  I  JUST ADORE THE COLD, CRISPY, SUNNY, ROSY CHEEKS, HOT CHOCOLATE WITH RUM DAYS OF THE FRIGID  ICY MONTHS OF DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND MARCH.  MY MOTTO IS YOU CAN ALWAYS ADD ANOTHER LAYER TO KEEP WARM AND TOASTY.  MOST PEOPLE RATHER MOAN AND GROAN ABOUT THE WINTER, THAN DRESS PROPERLY TO KEEP WARM.......
 THIS JANUARY I TURNED A SPECIAL NUMBER (NEW AGE PLEASE....THE PHASE SENOIR CITIZEN IS FOR SISSIES WHO WANT TO ROLL OVER AND DIE)  TO MARK THIS SPECIAL EVENT, I NEEDED AN ADVENTURE.....MY DREAM WAS TO VISIT THE ICE HOTEL IN JUKKASJARVI,  SWEDEN.   PRONOUNCED  YOU- CASS-JAR- V.   WHERE THE DEVIL IS JUKKASJARVI YOU SAY?  TWO AND HALF HOURS BY PLANE NORTH WEST OF STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN. THAT'S 200 KM NORTH OF THE ARCTIC CIRCLE FOR YOU GEOGRAPHY BUFFS.  BWANA, MY DEAR HUBBY, WANTED NO PART OF FREEZING HIS BUMS.... SO MY LOVELY DAUGHTER (ANOTHER WINTER/JANUARY BABY) WAS INVITED.  OUR NINE DAYS OF TRAVEL ON THIS MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR,  GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO WITNESS THE BEAUTY OF NATURE IN MANY FORMS AND SHARE VERY SPECIAL MOMENTS TOGETHER.  OVER THE NEXT FEW BLOGS I WILL TRY TO SHARE OUR EXPERIENCES WITH ALL OF YOU.  PACK YOUR ARMCHAIR BAGS,  PICK UP YOUR BOARDING PASS AND SETTLE IN FOR OUR ADVENTURE OF A LIFE TIME.