http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Ostrobothnia/Vaasa/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Finland , Ostrobothnia , Vaasa en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 19:40:09 +0000 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:40:09 +0000 I've finally gotten around to writing this entry. Now that I'm sick and all I have plenty of time. So on Tuesday April 8 I made the 5 hour train journey to Helsinki. I got there and met Mom at the train station. It took me awhile to find her being by the big brown doors is not very descriptive when there are about 12 sets of big brown doors. She was very happy to see me and of course I was http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Ostrobothnia/Vaasa/blog-275852.html 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 p halvtid PartTime Woman. It was what is known as physical http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Ostrobothnia/Vaasa/blog-268954.html It's cold. Very cold. Too cold. It's windy. And it makes it even more cold. To make things worse one of the biggest snow storms of the year supposedly hits the country. YippeeSo it's cold here in Finland. And everybody is saying to us it's been the so warm And the sad thing about it is that they're right. I read in the Finnish weather forecast's webpage that it has been the warmest winter ev http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Ostrobothnia/Vaasa/blog-260452.html 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 ldstes Dans at my school. This is a tradition in every high school in Finland to celebrate that the third years are leaving school a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Ostrobothnia/Vaasa/blog-254655.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Ostrobothnia/Vaasa/blog-245588.html New family. New year. New school term. Everything is starting again.Hey everyone sorry it's taken me so long to update again. I've moved to my new host family and I can't use my own computer here so it's hard to find the time to update my blog. So where to start On Thursday January 3rd I moved to my new host family. They are a husband and wife who are in their sixties and all their children http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Ostrobothnia/Vaasa/blog-239578.html 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 5t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Ostrobothnia/Vaasa/blog-231963.html Hey everyone It's been a couple of weeks since my last entry so here it goesI 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 snow http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Ostrobothnia/Vaasa/blog-221288.html Since it's been about 3 weeks since I last updated this entry is going to be kind of long. Sorry.So on Monday the 15th the day after I got back from Oulu I woke up at 750 which is the time that my bus comes. Well crap So I had to get ready really fast and take the next bus which comes at 825. I got to school and there was only about 15 minutes left in my first class so I just sat with some http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Ostrobothnia/Vaasa/blog-214681.html 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 onWell on Monday I woke up at 700 and it was pitch black outside. I thought It can't really be 700 it's not usually this dark. It really wa http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Ostrobothnia/Vaasa/blog-208593.html So I decided I need to write another entry before I go to EspooHelsinkiVantaa this weekend. Sorry the entries have been a little more spaced out lately. I guess I've just been a bit too busy to be writing all the time. Anyway where did I leave off So last Saturday the 15th I didn't really do anything. The next week was test week so all my friends were busy studying for their tests. And all http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Ostrobothnia/Vaasa/blog-205109.html 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 bikeriding weather. The game was good http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Ostrobothnia/Vaasa/blog-202136.html I can't believe it's been a whole week since I last updated. Time has been flying. It seems like I've barely rolled out of bed on Monday morning and the next thing I know it's Friday afternoon. I can't believe I've almost been in Finland a month. That's right a whole month It will be official on Wednesday. Anyway I have lots of interesting stuff to tell you all so I better get down to itI bel http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Ostrobothnia/Vaasa/blog-197896.html 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 Alahm. 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 ther http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Ostrobothnia/Vaasa/blog-195148.html Hey everyone http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Ostrobothnia/Vaasa/blog-193304.html 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 n http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Ostrobothnia/Vaasa/blog-166951.html ...reissu maailman toiselle puolelle siis. Tt on odoteltu jo kauan ja maaliskuun 13. olisi tarkotus lhtee meneen. Kaikkea pient hs saa koko ajan tehd reissun eteen niin ett ajatukset varmasti on koko ajan jo siell kaukana Australiassa. Eip tss nyt viel sen kummemmin kirjoteltavaakaan ole odotellaan ny et pstn matkaan. Tlt kuitenki pystytte seuraan meikl http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Ostrobothnia/Vaasa/blog-132810.html Podemme tll Vaasassa lhtkuumetta. Edess ennen lht on viel muutto ja uskomaton kasa selvitettvi asioita. Mutta eikhn se tst kun tiet ett kohta saa nauttia lmpimst ilmasta merest uusista kultuureista ja ihmisist.. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Ostrobothnia/Vaasa/blog-82584.html