{"id":409,"date":"2025-11-07T16:18:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T16:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marieswildsteps.com\/?p=409"},"modified":"2025-11-07T16:18:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T16:18:23","slug":"prace-a-zabava","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marieswildsteps.com\/en\/prace-a-zabava\/","title":{"rendered":"Work and fun"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The season is not in full swing yet, so there is not much work to do. In addition, the weather is not very favorable to us \u2013 it is cloudy, it rains alternately, the temperatures are slightly above zero, and sometimes foggy. I have already had a few other tours for the aurora borealis, fortunately never alone, once we even had 4 cars and almost 30 people together! It was just chaos! The aurora did shine a bit through the clouds, but it was not great. On the last day of October, however, I had my first reindeer tour. I picked up only two customers \u2013 a father and his son (about 8 years old) \u2013 and we set off. We chatted on the way, I told them whatever came to mind, not only about reindeers, but about everything \u2013 changing speed on the road in winter, interesting facts about Finland, about the forests around. They told me about themselves in return and it was really nice. They both had a great time at the reindeer farm and seemed very satisfied. What I enjoyed the most was watching the little boy, how much he wanted to feed the reindeer, but at the same time he was so afraid of it. So it went like this \u2013 he took a few lichens in his hand, walked a little away from the reindeer, stretched out his hand, but as soon as the reindeer started to get closer, he backed away and finally threw the whole handful of food on the ground and ran away. Then he went to get another lichen and repeated the process. About a million times. In the meantime, his dad and I talked and I took some photos for them. At the end we warmed up by the fire, where the local guide told us about the reindeer year, what happens to them and so. We were also given cookies and juice. It was a very beautiful morning and I was sincerely happy about that. And they also left me a five-star review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n