Blogs from Porvoo, Eastern Uusimaa, Finland, Europe

Hello fellow bloggers, welcome to another addition of my blog, First of all, i am excited to say me and 9 friends have booked our tickets to travel to Stockholm, Riga and Tallinn. The trip will take place from 16th October, so watch this space for some stories and information about those place. Also if anyone wants to go to Riga, Edeam.com are doing 1euro flights so get packing. I also noticed that i haven't notified you of my living arrangements. I am living in organised student accommodation with 31 other exchange students and many other finnish, it is based in an area of Porvoo called Kevatkumpu. It is very quite and nice, but we can make it loud if need be, HAHA! I have included some pictures of where i am staying. Anyway, my week, ... read more

Hello to all, Welcome to my first blog, the first of many i hope. I am a student, studying Tourism, and this year i have been sent to Porvoo, Finland, too continue my studies. I have been living in Porvoo for 3 weeks now and i have to say, my first impressions...... They couldn't be better. Porvoo is a small town with a population of over just 50,000, and it is approximately 50km to the east of Helsinki. I arrived here by plane and was taken to my student accommodation by a tutor from the University. When i arrived, i couldn't believe it, i was in the center of a town, but it was like i was living in the forest. The town can be very quite at times, but everyone is very friendly and it ... read more

Lentokentalla se iski vastaan, tai oikeastaan kun astuttiin ulos ilmastoidusta lentokentta rakennuksesta. Nimittain kuumuus, kuin kavelisi pain kuumaa kosteaa seinaa... Hotelli on ollut aivan oiva, hengailuhuoneita internet yhteyksineen ja TV:ineen, useita terasseja eri tasoilla, istutuksia ja vesiaiheita, niin ja tietenkin kattoterassilla allas ja suihkuseina. Tarpeeksi pieni ollakseen kodikas. Puiston reunalla rauhallisella paikalla, mutta aivan keskustan tuntumassa. Ollaan kayty kavelemassa ja tutustumassa little indian vilskeeseen ja sekasortoon seka pahamaineiseen bugigksen kortteliin, mutta suurin kulttuuri shokki lapsille oli kun vaivalla loydetysta makkarista tuli lastenaterian mukana ranskisten tilalla keitettya maissia... Kyllahan tama on ollut tallainen pehmea lasku aasialaiseen kulttuuriin. Kaikki on siistia, turvallista ja toimivaa. Ja kaikki mahdolliset (ja mahdo... read more

You Never Really Know A Country Until You Get Out Of Town We’ve been really sad over the last few weeks that we have been relegated to only major cities. Since our time in France we have jumped from one big city to another. While this is a great way to get an overview of country’s culture, it gives you no feeling for what a country is actually like. Most cities, despite having large/important sights, temper their country’s culture with a dose of cosmopolitan-ness (not a word, but you get the point). This means that most people in cities are not necessarily typical of the country’s people as a whole. In order to round out your perspective you must get out of cities and see a small town. We had purposely planned a day more ... read more

Afew weeks ago, I realized that I did not have any plans for the weekend. I, at that point, decided to go to a random nearby town for the day. I wasn’t sure which one I wanted to go to but I thought of Porvoo. When I asked my flatmate if she was doing anything Saturday, to ask if she wanted to join me, she said that she and her friends were going to Porvoo! Talk about coincidences! So I joined them for the day. This adventure was a bit different from the rest, in that I was surrounded by Dutch language instead of the common Polish or Finnish that I hear often. It was a nice change. There were 6 of us and 4 out of the 6 spoke Dutch. We took the 10am ... read more