Maisie isn’t so keen on cold weather. That’s a shame, since
she’s living in Kiruna. Jack complains she doesn’t wear enough clothes, but
Maisie can’t help feeling that a good holiday means wearing as few clothes as
possible. Here it takes her ten minutes to struggle into her outdoor clothes, arms going into the wrong holes and zips getting stuck.
‘I need a personal manservant to help me get dressed,’ she says. Jack looks the other way.
Recently, though, she’s found an activity which suits her
rather well. She goes off on her own into town to admire the sunset, or the
colour of the sky during the twilight hours. Kiruna’s buildings create an
interesting skyline, but it isn’t always so easy to see it – where you look
there are often other, less interesting buildings in the way.
Maisie’s found somewhere in town where you can see the
outline of the town hall and its famous clock, the top of Kirunavaara, the
mine, and the tower of Kiruna’s old church – all this silhouetted against the
sky, which at sunset can be a changing spectrum of colours, pinks and blues, or
fiery orange. She likes to lie back and relax and just watch the show.
Jack’s puzzled when she comes home and describes this,
because he can’t think Maisie would lie down on a cold snowy bench. He can’t
even see her standing still long enough to be able to admire a changing sky.
But she comes home with a warm glow, cheeks all red and her face beaming with
pleasure.
One day she agrees to take him with her. She leads him into
the entrance of the swimming baths. While she goes off to change he goes
through to the seating area, front row seats for the evening show. Maisie lies on her
back and paddles up and down in warm water, enjoying the view.
Afterwards she uses the sauna, which explains the red
cheeks.
Details
All year round activity.
Walking distance from 68 degrees bed and breakfast (5-10
mins).
Cost, 65 SEK per adult swim (including use of sauna), 25 SEK hire of swimming costume.
