Reindeer Fair!

Today after lunch Petra, Barbora, Jakub, Wolfi, Sarah, Patrick and I head off into town for the Reindeer Fair. The market place in Oulu town centre, is surrounded by Teepee style Saami tents selling everything from warm hats made from rabbit skin and leather (Wolfi purchased one of them... ) to Elk meat and other traditional Finnish delicacies. We also saw some local Finns wearing traditional Saami clothes...








And there were some locals performing traditional Saami dances in traditional Saami clothes...









One could even take a Reindeer sleigh ride...









After walking through the outdoor market we went into an indoor market and I couldn't believe my eyes when one of the stores in the indoor market hall was selling South African Rooibos Tea, which the Finns call "red tea"...apparently Rooibos tea is quite popular in Europe especially amongst the German's...
Far left hand corner:

"Red Tea (Rooibos) Cape Town"
"Red Tea Cape Hope"
















We ended our afternoon in "Hemingways"...a cosy pub opposite our favourite coffee hangout (Coffeehouse), enjoying some warm coffee and hot chocolate.