Blogs from Lapland, Finland, Europe - page 13

Finish people are the most crazy people I have ever meet by far and yes that is me naked in a sauna, that info is at the bottom.. When traveling up in the Lapland part they are extremely over the top expecually when on the drink. I was up in Rovamanni when Santa's offical residence is and headed out with the people I was staying with and my god was it crazy. They just dont care about anything or anyone the people up there but on the other hand it made for a great few nights out! There local drink shot they have is the worst thing I have ever had and they have it like water, no wonder there are lots of trouble up in that area! It is on the other hand a nice ... read more

Kaikki hyvä loppuu aikanaan Totta. Kaikki loppuu aikanaan; sekä hyvä että pahakin plus tämän blogin pitäminen. Niin ja valitettavasti myös vaihto... Tätä viimeistellessä on jo koti sauna oluen kera testattu, ulkoiltu päivä puistonpuolella, nähty Tony Almeida Jack Bauerin tositoimissa, kuultu kavereita Nokialaisen välityksellä, todettu suomalaisen asiakaspalvelun karuus ja sitä rataa. Tällä kertaa tätä entryäkään ei ole perinteisesti paahdettu yhtä höyryä yön hämärinä tunteina, vaan olen täräyttänyt palan silloin ja toisen tällöin. Jalkojeni ollessa jo tukevasti 90-vuotiaan isänmaamme kamaralla, mutta aivojen jossain välillä, on ehkä vielä liian aikaista lähteä tekemään viiltävää analyysia käänteisestä kulttuurishokista, mitä jäi kenties kaipaamaan eniten jne. Sen sijaan on ehkä syytä keskittyä tylsästi viimeisiin hetkiin uudella mantereella. Matkustaminen kotiin sujui suun... read more

So, I just got back from the Rotary Lapland tour, and I'm ready to tell you all about it! However, I'm going to start from the last time I updated. So, on Monday I was absolutely exhausted and I practically slept through my first class. I went to my Finnish class with Christine but again there was no one there. We were both really pissed because that was the second time in a row that had happened. So, since we didn't have class we went shopping. At night Jari's aunt and uncle came from Helsinki. We had a really big dinner and his aunt had brought homemade bread. It was REALLY good. Since they had come so late I had to miss basketball practice, but it was ok. On Tuesday night after dinner Ros-Mari, Jani, and ... read more

Friends. Snow. Huskey Dogs. Snow. Reindeer. Snow. Long bus rides. Snow. Snow. Snow. SNOW! So I spent this last week in Lapland with 130 other Rotary Exchange students! The charter bus picked me and a bunch of other Turku Area exchange kids up at 7:10 Friday, November 31. I met up with Rick (from Illinois) first then Dorothee (from Germany) and Eddy (Mexico) then we met Eric (Germany), Max (America), and Jess (Australia). We headed north, and picked up many more kids on the way. Ellen and Sarah got on in Pori and Nonqaba (South Africa). Ellen and I sat together for a while, Max and Rick sat together behind us, and Sarah, Non, and Jess were in the seats sorrounding us. We talked and got hyper and crazy from all the candy, listened to our ... read more

The third and final full day in Lapland, I again saw how magical the Arctic Circle can be. I thought the magic ended with being in two different places at once, but I was wrong. This time, we found a portal that took us to another world! Narnia! (Ok so, we were really in a national park - but it really did feel like Narnia) Before we ventured out, we checked in at the national forest office to see what trails, if any, we could go on. We were told that we would need either snowshoes or skis to get to most paths, but there was one that we could go on without the shoes or skis. We were told, however, that there was an avalanche pass that we would have to be careful as ... read more