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January 19th 2008
Published: January 27th 2008
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So this journal entry is the beginning of my LONGEST week in Finland. I bussed (is that a word?) to Turku this morning at 8:20 and met Rick at his host grandmoters flat. We hung around the city at a couple coffee shops, then went to search for some jeans. We both got our "American hug fill" then chased the pidgions in the centrum. My host parents came by to pick me up at 12:35ish and the trave... Read Full Entry



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Stephanie VonAncken
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Hey All! Im Stephanie! I am sixteen years old and i'm on Rotary foreign exchange in Naantali, Finland! I arrived at the beginning of August 2007, and I am loving every minute! My finnish friends are the most wonderful people. They hang out with me at school, and help me practice my finnish! I have gotten SO attached to my host familes, they have been fabulous and I can honestly say I love them! They have done so much for me, and kept me my happy self! Oh! and of course I cant wait until they come visit me in New Mexico! I attend Lukio (high school) in Naantali, and take the usual classes,... full info
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Laughing....Laughing....
Laughing....
as the Russian tour bus passed and almost everyone on the bus took a picture of me...nice.
Singing in the....Singing in the....
Singing in the....
SNOW????
Looking at the mapLooking at the map
Looking at the map
with my host dad and host great uncle!
Map again!Map again!
Map again!
Beautiful!Beautiful!
Beautiful!
the hotel!
OutsideOutside
Outside
InsideInside
Inside
I ventured inside the hotel!
HotelHotel
Hotel
Right on the boarder
Hotel Again!Hotel Again!
Hotel Again!
great arches!
The Spa in Imatra!The Spa in Imatra!
The Spa in Imatra!
Full of Russians!
RUSSIANS!RUSSIANS!
RUSSIANS!
and half my host mothers face...in the lower left! Russians wear fur coats and WAY to much make up.
Spa Hotel again. and more russiansSpa Hotel again. and more russians
Spa Hotel again. and more russians
Finns stopped going to this hotel because its always full of Russians!
At the Russian Boarder!At the Russian Boarder!
At the Russian Boarder!
so crazy!
russian trainrussian train
russian train
passing the boarder out our window....look at all that yucky smoke its puting in the air!!!! eeewww!
boarder. those lights aheadboarder. those lights ahead
boarder. those lights ahead
SO CLOSE!!!!!
turning aroundturning around
turning around
...at the boarder. we were NOT going to cross today. even if we DID want to you have to have a VISA! even for one day!
GPSGPS
GPS
so that gray line on the left is the boarder...and that little white circle is us...on the boarder... eee gaads!
"returning""returning"
"returning"
to finland!
passingpassing
passing
the chocolate factory! Karl Fazer!!!
the Channelthe Channel
the Channel
PowerplantPowerplant
Powerplant
on one side of the channel!



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