One Month Checkpoint!
Hooray! I have managed to survive one month in Finland without any huge disasters happening, gaining any weight (surprisingly) or dying!!...
Kaukalahti Bakery
Good news! Today I successfully made it to dance class and back without missing a bus or anything! I am really proud, because the last...
First Finnish Lesson
I was so excited to learn that I had a friend in my class. His name is Oliver, and he is a Slovakian AFS exchange student that I met at...
Being Me
The last couple days I have been utterly exhausted, and the pain in my legs is not helping. All I want to do is sleep. It is frustrating...
The Hardest Challenge of My Life
Usually my sports class is pretty easy going and fun, today though, that all changed. We traveled off-campus (in the teachers car, which...
Orientation Day II and The Secret Life of Pets
Very few people slept well last night, some never even made it to their beds. There were doors slamming all night and lights being turned...
AFS Orientation #1
This morning I woke up early to go to my first AFS orientation here in Finland!! I got picked up by another host family that lives in the...
Exchange Students
I have learned so much in only the three weeks that I have been here about how to treat exchange students. I without a doubt have changed...
Adventure in Helsinki #2
Stella and Alica took me into Helsinki so I could buy some stuff that I needed, such as a winter coat. I got a really nice coat, because...
A Hard Lesson
Today I learned the hard way how to use the bus system. I arrived precisely on time, I was in the right spot, etc. The bus was coming...
