This is the best picture I have of our boat. It's docked in Stockholm here. It's really large and was carrying thousands of passengers!
Inside, the boat was really cool, with lots of shops, restaurants and slot machines :D
I felt a little seasick on the way to Stockholm... probably because the trip was overnight, and lasted about 16 hours! In Stockholm we visited a few tourist attractions, mostly really old buildings. Below is a picture of me in front of Stockholm's main square.
The cruise was a lot of fun, and I got to spend plenty of time with my (then) new host family (I had switched families the previous weekend). Now things are going very well with my family and I don't switch again until late January.
As a general update: I've been busy lately with music! I've been practicing my piano solo, "Finlandia" for the upcoming Independence Day assembly at school (Dec. 5). In that assembly I'm also playing a few songs with some friends and our music teacher. I'll be on the drums, but we'll have guitar, bass, keyboards and a vocalist. Right now we're practicing twice a week at school.
In addition to that show, I'm playing keyboards with the same friends in a more formal event on the evening of Dec. 4th at our school. I'm not too sure what the event is but we're definitely playing more formal music: waltzes and a few pop and traditional pieces.
This past week I also participated in a basketball tournament held every year for the high schools in Lahti. I played on my school team, although we only practiced once and the entire tournament was a little informal. We ended up 3rd of 5 teams at our level and we received bronze medals :) I enjoyed taking part in this since there's no real school sports or teams here. This was more of a traditional tournament and I believe there's another one in the spring for volleyball which I hope to also take part in!
Coming up next for me is the Lapland Tour with the other Rotary inbounds! We head out on Nov. 28th for 5 day ski trip in Muonio. I posted a map of Finland showing how far north Muonio is. It's not a great map. For reference, the Arctic Circle "line" runs through Rovaniemi. Expect some great picture from that trip!
That's all for now :)
2 comments:
Hi Dante - I was wondering if there was a shoe store on that boat?? Wow - it looks exciting. Nonno (dio 1) was watching you do the rip walk - he thinks it needs a little practice. I'd like to see him try and do it!!! You're a good sport, that's for sure! Those guys are amazing!! later, Nonno and Aunite Jan xoxo
aha, i have almostttt the exact same picture of me in front of the stockholm square (: niceeee.
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