or Hyvää Pääsiästä in Finnish.
Since my last post, I've had a simply fantastic week here in Finland! Unfortunately I don't have many pictures to show from it... I was too busy to take them!
Monday, April 6th: My 18th birthday - I received lots of birthday greetings at school, and some really special gifts! 2 of my friends, Jenna Ojala and Simo Loikanen, had a hoodie made for me with the logo of an extremely popular game, "Mousehunt". The cheese is also linked to Mousehunt and was from another friend, Kasperi Jaakkola.
After school, I had the chance to play basketball with some friends in the school gym (something I haven't done since leaving Canada) so that was like a gift in itself. Afterwards, I went for kebab with two other friends, Otto Köylijärvi and Patrick Tamminen and played some Super Smash Brothers (game) with them, something else that reminds me of home.
Wednesday, April 8th: The last Finnish lesson of the year! It was special but also a little sad. Since September, I would meet Marja Liisa and Elli Fiedler (two German exchange students) at the Finnish lesson and we would hang out afterwards. Now that's come to an end as I reache the home stretch of my year...
Friday, April 10th: From 5:00PM to 2:00AM I was at a Halo (Xbox game) party with 7 other Finnish friends. That was something else I had not done since leaving Canada, so it was really special for me... and a HECK of a lot of fun!
Saturday, April 11th: My family had gone to a nearby cabin on Friday, so I met them at the cabin after a one-hour bus ride. We grilled sausages, took the sauna and played with the dogs outside. The dogs were pretty tired after running across the lake all day! Below is Buddy (big guy) and Elvis (little guy).
We came back from the cabin today (Sunday) in the afternoon. The picture below shows the view of the lake from inside.
... and now it's Sunday night. The past 168 hours have been some of the greatest I've had in Finland so far, and I'd like to thank all the people who were part of them for giving me a great birthday week!
Coming up next Sunday: I switch to my fourth and final host family. That means I'll be posting some more pictures of my current host family of course, so stay tuned!
2 comments:
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
you got a Mousehunt sweater?
you really are obsessed :)
thats sweet.
Happy Easter Dante!
Simo täs.
Wow, you've had a pretty busy week! But I'm glad that you enjoyed your time so much (and mentioned the Mousehunt sweater, because it was one of the coolest things I have ever seen)! And the Halo party! 9 hours... Tiring but really fun, I'm so glad you joined us :) Remember to tell me (us) all about your new family :O Have fun, and happy easter!
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