Moro!

Now I'm going to tell about my coming here!

So lets see... haha. So she got here on a Saturday afternoon. My 2nd host mom, Leila, and I went to pick her up in Helsinki. It was so good to see her! I just ran up to her the second I saw her. We drove back to Riihimäki and had some coffee and then we just sat for a long time and talked in the guest ( Read more... )

Hei!

I'm so sorry that it has been so long since I've written! But seriously, I have been WAY busy. So, I'm going to try to sum it all up for you... and try really hard to update more these last weeks that I'm here... And it really is basically just weeks until I come home! But yeah... enough of that talk now because it makes me sad..

So, my mom ( Read more... )

Haloo

So, it is officially BEAUTIFUL here now! Oh my gosh, I love it so much. It's not all too warm yet, it tries to get to 50 but never quite gets there. But, all week it has been completely sunny, no clouds. I'm in such a better mood now, its unbelievable. It was just dark here for so long, all throughout winter, that the sunlight is a much needed ( Read more... )

AHHHHH!!

I just found out my cousin Kaley is going on exchange to Germany next year!!!!!

EEEE!!!

I'm so excited for her!!!

That's the second exchange student in my family now...hmm... maybe we've started a trend :-D

Moikkamoi ( Read more... )

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Hei kaikki!

Life is SO good right now :-). The sun has been shining for the past three days, it has been a nice crisp temperature - but warm enough to be melting the snow... oh, spring is coming! The winter was so dark and dreary... I'm already a happier person because of the sun! Its so much easier to get up in the morning :-).

So, I changed ( Read more... )

Morro!

So this past weekend was I think my busiest weekend so far... well, it kind of seemed like it. But it was way fun! When I got to the rehearsal on Friday for the Folk Music performance I was like, "Oh my gosh... there are like, a million 6 year olds here!" I freaked out a little at first, but then we started playing, and they were sooo good! I ( Read more... )

Hei kaikki,

So, this week has basically just been a normal week. It has been quite hard to get back into things after having a week off of school... but that's totally normal. I just haven't wanted to get up at 6:30 int he morning! But, that is WAY better than my alarm going off at 5:30 every morning last year... well, I never actually got up until ( Read more... )

Moikka!!!

Ok, so basically, doing the Vanhat Tanssi has been the BEST thing all year!!! It was SO much fun, and I've made closer friends throughout the experience! It was a lot of work, but it was SO much fun :-). The classes to learn the dances, performing the dances, being with friends, dressing up, and the parties... wow - definitely an ( Read more... )