Kukkolankoski (koski=rapid) was our first proper stop, after getting snacks and stopping to window shop excavators... We left from central Finland and drove all they up to Tornio and Tornio river, which runs along the border between Finland and Sweden. We came upon this little restaurant/bar/catering business in Kukkola that served creamy salmon soup. It was probably the best salmon soup I've had since they had not been skimping on either salmon or the cream, and I like to think the salmon came from the river, or somewhere close to it, but I forgot to ask.
After we had eaten and had a little chat with the owner, we hopped onto the car and went a bit further up the river where the rapids were the most powerful. This place seemed like the main tourist spot since there were a lot of people stopping by for a quick look, along with fisherman and families enjoying the sunny day. A spot like this along the fast free flowing river has long traditions of fishing whitefish and salmon.
From a photographic point of view, which I'm all about, the place is gorgeous but taking pictures when the sun is shining high and bright, is pretty bad. As the day went on and we kept visiting places up until almost midnight when we started out way back home, the pictures got better and better, you'll see in the coming posts, I have lots of material.To be continued.
