March Update...
Well, I figured it was about time I wrote another post.. It has been a few weeks. Nothing too exciting has happened, other than the fact that it is basically spring. It is so nice to be able to see the sidewalks again! Not all the snow and ice have melted, but a majority of it. And the sun has been shinging a lot too recently. Ahh good weather equals a very good mood. Right now I am on a break from school, so I decided to come home for a bit. :)
Hmm.. So I have been meeting with my Fin-Tandem partners a good amount lately. Fin-Tandem is a program where two people meet and help to teach each other their mother language. I have two partners, since I have time on my hands. But it's a pretty good program. It helps me with Finnish, and it's nice to help someone else with their English. Ooh, my Finnish has been improving lately, if I may say so myself. I'm not fluent, that would definitely take more time, but I feel that I could survive on only speaking Finnish if I had to.
I went to Helsinki yesterday! I went with my Religion class.. It was a field trip. We visited four different types of churches: Jewish, Islam, Hindu, and Buddhist. It was really different, especially since we saw four very different religions all in the same day, but it was really interesting. Plus, the weather in Helsinki was beautiful. It was sunny, and we did a lot of walking around Helsinki's center. Helsinki is really pretty, especially with all the old buildings (older than Lahti's buildings anyway). I kept saying how I wanted to live there :) Haha.
Oh, so how about I will be changing host families in the middle of April.. Well, I was going to go back with my second host family, but now I will be going back with my first host family. I love all of my host families, but I am really excited to go back with my first one since I am really close to them. They have three kids and there is always something to do and it was just so fun living there. And they are super nice. I will be with them for a bit during summer, so hopefully we'll go to the summer cottage a few times. I love the summer cottage.
I think that this is definitely the time in my exchange where I am the most comfortable. I am familiar with everything now.. How they live, what they eat, how to get around, the language, etc. Like I have said before, I don't want to talk about leaving... BUT it is going to be really hard. I have really enjoyed the lifestyle here. In my opinion, it is a really comfortable and simple lifestyle. And nature is also very important. Like the summer cottage for example.. A little cottage in the woods, on a lake. It is the most relaxing place.
Ah, a part of me definitely won't want to leave..
Well, I have to stop writing because I need to go back to school pretty soon. I am going back to eat lunch (yeah I know, I am crazy!). Even though school lunch is free, it is not the best thing ever. Atleast there is bread and salad every day.. But today we are having fish I think, let's hope for the best!! Then I have psychology class, and then back home!
Oh! Easter is next weekend.. That should be exciting. I'm sure I'll make a post after that.
Moikka!!
