MacKenzie H

Hey everyone. Wow, it's really been awhile. Sorry, I guess I've just been busy. It's really hard to find time to write in here these days. Between school, basketball, and hanging out with my friends I feel like I'm always busy. Anyway, here it goes. On March 11th I went to the theater and saw a really cool show. It was called "Kvinna på halvtid" (Part-Time Woman). It was what is known as physical theater which is where there is more movement and sort of dancing type of stuff than talking. At first I thought it was going to be really boring, but it ended up being really great! It was nice because I totally understood everything they said. Usually when we go to the theater I can understand what happens and stuff, but I don't ... read more

So, I guess it's been a while since I've updated. Sorry, I've been busy. And sorry that there are no pictures this time, but I just got kind of lazy. So, anyway, where was I..... The weekend after I last wrote was incredibly tiring. On Friday, February, 15th was the Äldstes Dans at my school. This is a tradition in every high school in Finland to celebrate that the third years are leaving school and the second years are taking their place as the oldest in the school. Therefore, the dance is primarily for the second years. I would say it is basically their version of Prom. However, it's not like a regular dance. The students have to learn traditional dances and then they perform them while people, like their parents, watch. I didn't do it ... read more

So, the last couple weeks have been really great. I've been super busy. I feel like I always have something going on! Anyway, to begin where I last left off...... On Friday, February 1st I went to see a rock concert with some of my friends. We saw the band Kent. They are from Sweden and they are very, very famous in Scandinavia. However, they sing in Swedish, so outside of Scandinavia no one really knows them. The concert started at 8:30 and the doors opened at 7:00, so my friends and I got there at 6:00 to stand in line. It was very cold and standing in line for an hour sucked, but we ended up getting a really good standing spot. We were so close to the stage. I think there were only maybe ... read more

Hey everyone. It's been awhile since I updated, sorry. I just got busy with my birthday weekend and then school, and then with every day that passed it became more and more that I had to write about. So, I'm finally doing it now. I'll try not to write a novel. So, I last left you after my trip to Lapland. After I returned I basically had the whole rest of the week off because that Wednesday, the 5th, I only had one class and then the 6th was Independence Day so we didn't have school the 6th or the 7th and then of course came the weekend. So, that was all very relaxing. On Independence Day they don't really do anything special in Finland. Everyone gets the day off so I was at home and ... read more

Hey everyone! It's been a couple of weeks since my last entry, so here it goes! I believe I left you all at November 4th. So, on Monday November 5th I only had my Finnish class since my normal school was having test week. I hadn't told you all this, but during my test week my family and I had been planning to go to their winter cabin in Lapland to go skiing for a week. However, since it hadn't snowed by Monday and it didn't look like it was going to snow for the rest of the week, we decided on Monday that we wouldn't go. I was really bummed because I had been really excited to go. On Tuesday I didn't have class at all, so I rolled out of bed at about 11:00. ... read more

So, if any of you remember me mentioning this in my other blogs, on the Saturday and Sunday after I returned from my school trip I was supposed to go to an Inbound camp in Oulu, Finland. So, here's some stuff about that weekend. So, on Saturday morning, after my 1 hour of sleep, I woke up at 5:00 AM. I ate a big breakfast and packed some snacks for the train. I didn't want to have to buy food at the train stations, but I wouldn't get to Hailuoto, the island near Oulu where the Inbound camp was, until like 3:30, and obviously I would have to eat again before then. So, I made myself some sandwiches and my hostmom had bought me a chocolate bar for a snack. How nice! Then, a little before ... read more