Blogs from Southwest Finland, Finland, Europe - page 11

Hi everyone! I can't believe I've already been in Finland for almost a month! So much has happened already and so I decided to take the day off today to start this blog. I'll try to update this blog as often as I can with new happenings when I get the time. However you can also feel free to e-mail me and I will try to respond to them asap. My e-mail address that I'm using abroad is tothemax_11@hotmail.com. I've looked around this blog page a little bit so I'm going to be trying to upload some photos, and it even looks like I can do some video bloging on here, so that may be something I'll try in the future. Anyways, enough of that, lets get to what's been going on in Finland. I arrived ... read more

So basically I just experienced the best sport in the world. It was amazing to watch. So intense! I just wanted it to keep going and going and well…yeah it was awesome, but I was SO cold. Ice hockey. Yup, there was the first home game tonight! So today is Keskiviikko (Wednesday) which means I don’t start school until 10:15, yes I know WONDERFUL! I was really tired last night so I fell asleep early, at 8pm and slept all the way until 8:20 this morning! It was great! I needed the rest and it made my day the best so far!!!!! I made my self breakfast at 9 and Leena drove me to school because it was raining so much! I went directly to the media room and met some friends. Then I met all ... read more

On Thursday I left school early at 2pm and came home to pack. We packed up the car and left for Lapaijarvi at around 3pm. We drove for four hours until we reached the biggest village store in the world, Veljekset Keskinen, where we stopped to eat and shop. We were there for an hour or so and then we drove another hour and arrived at my host parent’s summer cottage at around 9. It was beautiful; a log cabin right on the lake. At first I thought it was small to be able to sleep all of us AND have a sauna but after walking through the kitchen I saw the view out the back windows. There were three other building along the river, connected to the main house by wooden board walks. The furthest ... read more

Early morning today in school, the usual 8:20. I had English 4 first today! We worked in the language lab taking quizzes and doing exercises. I worked with Henri since I haven’t been given my internet password yet. We did I quiz on American and British history that was hilarious. One of the questions was “What is an Excalibur?” and one of the multiple choice answers was “an Arnold Swartnegger Movie”!!! it was a pretty crazy quiz. I had Biology next, and we studied the part of a cell. I took notes in Finnish to practice my spelling and I realized that most scientific words sound a little like English if you say them right! After Biology I had two free periods! Not many other students have a free period during that time so I decided ... read more

This morning I woke up at noon. I guess I’m not over jetlag yet! After breakfast, or should I say lunch, Leena, Ema and I went to Mylly (pronounced Mooloo, aka the Mall) to buy Erkki his birthday present! I got him some scented candles for the sauna the day before so I just came along to sitesee! On the way home Leena drove me on yet another tour of Naantali. We visited all the new houses! They are all so colorful; there are wooden ones and stone. It is not like New Mexico in a sense that all the houses here are the same style; high metal pitched roof, wood panals or stone fake panals, and all pastel colors. We also stopped by Leena's work so she could show me around. Leena sells kitchens, and ... read more