Kiruna

A beautiful sunset over the icy river - and a nice clear sky, will we see the northern lights?

A well-deserved fire after all that playing in the snow!

The aurora! Not at its most spectacular, but a pretty green light rolling across the sky for 5 or 10 minutes. If we'd had a tripod you might have been able to see it better in the picture, but you get the idea!

A morning walk in the wilderness is not complete without a quick check of the cricket scores!

Where was that path again?

Time to head home! Puppy says: ''it's much too hot today!''

Downtown Kiruna, very pretty.

The ice hotel!

The whole thing is at a constand minus 5, so it's as chilly as it looks!

All of the ice is cut from the river Älv behind the ice hotel, which has a beautiful colour and clarity due to the high oxygen content and the motion of the river. If you look carefully you can find some plants from the river here and there. They use a third of it and sell the rest, including to the other ice hotels around the world.

The rooms are each designed by a different artist, from all around the world, who also builds the room. The designs are voted for online each year.

The Ice church, where you can get married or even christen your poor shivering child!

Scariest room! It was called 'The Dollhouse'

This room was called 'Spooning'

John was very excited to see that it's only 89 days left till the princess' wedding!