We arrived in the evening, and found some amazing scenery!
The next morning Riitta's father brought us out on his boat for a 2 hour cruise around the lake. Lakes in Finland are not round or island-free by any means: they are more like a series of narrow and wide rivers, including some very narrow and shallow canals, separated by open areas that are deeper.
Finland has over 180,000 lakes. Wikipedia states that Finland contains precisely 187,888 lakes over 500 square metres and 179,584 islands. This lake, Saimaa, is the largest in Finland and the fifth largest in Europe.
Here I am with my host sister Outi (18)
And here I am with my host brother Simo (12)
This is the boat we took on our cruise around lake Saimaa.
For lunch, we prepared some salmon that Riitta's father had caught in the lake earlier. Delicious! :)
And of course, wherever I go, footbag follows! Here my host dad Hannu is doing his best to keep it up.
Stay tuned for more pictures - I'm planning to get some shots from around the Penttilä residence soon as well as my room and a blazer update :)
1 comment:
Hi!
What's the change that we both have blogs here lol
And it's Erja :)
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