Suomi Adventures: Seitsemänkymmentä Kuus

As I write this my day count is at 76.

Oh where did I leave off? I’m far behind very far behind. Well here to catch you up…

I’ve switched to my last and final family. I arrived to perhe (Family) Ojamäki on the 9th of April and I will be staying with them until I depart on the 12th of July. Here I live with My host parents; Teija ja Timo, my host sister; Roosa, and my host dog; Essi. I also have 2 older host brothers and an older host sister who don’t live at home. I also have two host nieces; Nelle ja the baby who will receive her name when she has her christening

I’m having the hardest time to get my credit transferred from the new lukio (high school) I attend. I found out that I still needed two more classes of physics and math for my diploma, no problem! So I asked my school for me to take these classes so I can get my credit transferred and I felt like I was at DMV, honestly.

I ran the Color Obstacle Rush in Helsinki with the other Rotary exchange students and Fifi! It was this past Saturday and despite the cold and horrid rain, it was actually quite fun! I don’t think the run was very well organized (looking at the FB page just about everyone had the same thought) so if I had just gone by myself I don’t think it would have been fun. Going with the other exchange students made it 100000% times so much fun! Did we run? Yes. Did we walk? Hell yes!

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April 1st, I gave some more presentations to elementary schoolers and here are some photos from that! They were so adorable, they even made me this poster after I gave my presentation to their class!

On April 2nd I had my language test, and to put it short, when we had the speaking part and when I meant "think" (ajatella) I would say "aja" (drive) and the look on the lady's face reassured me what I'm saying made no sense. I get my results at the end of May/ beginning of June, so all I hoped for is that I got an A2.

My ability to read Finnish has gotten so much better! Myös minun suomea kirjiotta on okei no on puhun

Pitäisiko mä kirjotta kaikki suomessa? Ei, en voin >.<

Mutta HOLY CRAP THE SUN DOESN'T SET TILL 10 NOW!!!! LONG LIVE THE BRIGHT NIGHTS!

I've also officially enrolled into university!!

School Lunch:

I decided to take a picture of the school lunch for a few days at my school:

So this was rare day, we had breaded chicken! A lot of days there is no meat for lunch and most of the time not chicken. I also have here "salad" and scalloped potatoes. There is also bread and nakkileipa.