Today we have been in a farm called Olaåsen here in Harstad. On the farm there were horses and sheep, the horses are typical norwegian. They are called fjording and nordlandshest.
We were in a Lavvu, that is a kind of tent which the Sami people used as a kind of house when they where travelling with reindeer packs. The students also tried eating reindeer meat. The food was cooked over a fireplace inside the Lavvu. A woman of the Sami people taught the students about her culture and showed some objects e.g. a knife made from the horns of a reindeer and her shoes made out of reindeer skin.
We really remember that day because we went to a farm and we really liked this place and the landscape around. We saw typical animals and we enjoyed feeding them, and it also was really exciting fall down with the sleds trough the snow. We had a great surprise when we entered in the wood cabin where there was a big fire in the middle to cook hot dogs for lunch. They were so delicious!!!! But, we have to confess, what we didn’t like very much it was the reindeer meat…
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