Blogs from Vaasa, Ostrobothnia, Finland, Europe - page 2

Hey everyone! Wow! it's already October and I've officially been in Finland for over two months. Isn't that crazy?! It's been about a week since I last updated and I want to be sure to update before I leave for Germany and Poland. So, what's been going on? Well, on Monday I woke up at 7:00 and it was pitch black outside. I thought, "It can't really be 7:00, it's not usually this dark." It really was 7:00, though, and it really is getting dark here. However, we have daylight savings time in a few weeks, so that will make it a bit better. During the day I went to the bank and got some Polish money, zlotys, for my trip this week. I got 100 zlotys for about € 30. I always like exchanging money. ... read more

Sorry I haven't written in awhile. I guess I've just been busy. Anyway, so where to start? I believe I last left you on the 1st, so, on Sunday the 2nd I went to my friend Emilia's soccer game. It was in Sundom, the small part of Vaasa where I live, so I was able to ride my bike there. In America 40 degrees and rainy would be car weather, but in Finland it is bike-riding weather. The game was good, but I was freezing my butt off the entire time. After the game I called my friends Mira and Sandra to see if they wanted to hang out. They were like sure, how about we go for a walk. Again, I'm thinking, cold and rainy, not exactly walking weather. It must be a Finnish thing. ... read more

So, it seems like it has been forever since I last wrote an entry. Quite a bit has happened. On Saturday Jani, my host brother, and I went to Power Park, which is an amusement park in Alahämä. Well, I say it's an amusement park, but it's not really like the ones in America. It was very small and it only had 2 real roller coasters. The rest were just like fair rides. So, we spent a few hours there and rode everything about 3 times. It was pretty fun. After that I went to my first official Finnish party. It was alot of fun. It was my friend Ia's birthday. Her party was pink themed, meaning everyone had to wear something pink. Obviously I own nothing pink so I had bought a pink shirt from ... read more

Hi everyone. Thought I would take some time out of my travelling (as the temperature outside is scorching... it was 34 degrees C in the van this morning at 8.00am!) and write you all an update. Hopefully I can get some photos uploaded also. From Tromso I headed further North on the way to Nordkapp. The first stop was Hammerfest where the van required a little bit more TLC. After picking up my new water temperature sensor I noticed that the front wheels were virtually bear! It looked like the tracking was out. After taking it to a new tire stockist and replacing the 2 front tyres (another 180 quid!) they recommended a visit back to the VW garage for re-alignment. Oooops... they inspected the front alignment and showed me a calapsed joint on the ... read more

Podemme täällä Vaasassa lähtökuumetta. Edessä ennen lähtöä on vielä muutto ja uskomaton kasa selvitettäviä asioita. Mutta eiköhän se tästä kun tietää että kohta saa nauttia lämpimästä ilmasta, merestä, uusista kultuureista ja ihmisistä.. ... read more