I would just like to say I'm so sorry for being the worst blogger in the world.. but I'll update you on EVERYTHING!
So it's just over my second month in the fantastic country of Finland! :):):) I am still head over heels in love with everything!!! My host family, Porvoo, my school, my exchange group.. and well just EVERYTHING!
This is a picture of the countryside right by my host family's house! I and took this during my first week actually living in Porvoo! This was one of the first things I had noticed when I first arrived, was how many trees there were! Coming from a MAJOR farming community (and province for that matter!!), seeing so much forest in one area and not seeing miles and miles of crops was.. mind blowing and absolutely beautiful. I have fallen in love with all over nature!
This is picture of a portion of my first host mom's garden!
Our backyard!!! : D
The garage and driveway!! :)
Karlsson Home <3
SAUNA (or bastu in Swedish :D) There is also one inside our house and that one is more modern than the one outside (this one) and I have never been in the one in the house!
Sauna-ing is also another event that I have been fortunate enough to experience, and I know what you're thinking. "Sauna-ing isn't that big of a deal. I do it all the time when I go swimming.". Well guess what, it is a big deal cause I did it the Finnish way. Naked. Bet you haven't done that :P. But anyways, it's actually not that big of a deal. I know I've told my friends and family back home and they're like "ARE YOU CRAZY?" or "isn't it awkward just sitting in a hot, sweaty room naked?" But actually no, it isn't. it's not like you're just sitting there and staring at eachother. You honestly just sit there and relax. You don't think, don't worry, don't stress and just forget about everything. It has got to be one of the most relaxing things I have done in my life! I know my mom and dad were like "... well what did you talk about in there?" That's also another thing you don't really do, you don't say very much to eachother and if you do you it's just a very general question about school or something. Gaaah.. I don't know how to explain it! It's just one of the most natural, not awkward things you can do! But you'll have to try before you understand ;)
This is the river that runs right beside my house! In the summer, I can just walk 10 minutes up the road and just go swimming in the river!
These are Mopos. and I wish I had one. You're allowed to get a license for them when you're 15, HOWEVER, if you're an exchange student, you get your license for them.... never :( !
They have everything in pear here! Pear pop, pear juice, pear gum, pear chocolate, pear cider AND MOOORE!!It's so unbelievably delicious! : D
Just examples :)
Now I'm living with the Antman family : D! SO I'm now 5 minutes away from the city center and school! There are my host parents, Catherine and Mikael, my host siblings, Cecilia and Robert and the cat, Maya! Cecilia doesn't live with us in Porvoo though, she's studying biochemistry in Turku so she's lives there with her boyfriend. So I went from being the oldest in my family, to now being the youngest! And honestly, I don't know why my little sister complains so much! It's not that bad :).
Meet Robert Antman, my big brother :) ! He's 18 and cheers for Jokerit and he likes to eat, sleep and party!! He also used to play hockey and when he grows up, he wants to be Indiana Jones. He's super nice and fun and well.. just great in general! : D. He's the best big brother I could have hoped to have :).
So the Antman's have a summer house at Sarfsalö and we have gone there quite a bit! It's about an hour away from our home in Porvoo and it's in the famous archipelagos of Finland :). It's also unbelievably beautiful!
This is a picture of the sauna (bastu) and the summer house :)
This is the otehr building we have, it's used mostly for storage but we can also have crayfish parties in there too!! Our bikes and wood is stored there and behind it we have our old blue John Deere tractor : D !!
This is our front yard and driveway! We have 2 different apple trees that grow there and we also have a table for eating outside! in the backyard, we have a volleyball net and a whole portion of forest just for ourselves :) :).
Mushrooms, blueberries and strawberries grow wild in the forest and we're allowed to pick as much as we want! I've personally spent many hours just picking mushrooms and walking around in the forest! Another thing I have discovered that I love to do! :)
Welll it's getting quite late over here so I'm going to turn in for the night but I will finish updating you guys ASAP! Thanks for reading!
BYYE! :)
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