Saturday, December 25, 2010

Just wanted to say:


Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays to you all! :)


Only a week and a half until we're on a jet plane to the frozen, fantastical land of Finland.

Friday, December 17, 2010

Apartment!

I was so happy to receive pictures of the place in which we'll be residing. It's truly like a mansion compared to the closet-sized apartment we had in France. I swear, the Fins are just constantly impressing me with their happy, helpful demeanor and their awesome country. My student tutor is worried my hopes are up too high, haha. But I'm honestly just glad that through communication alone, a lot has been covered about our S.A. experience to come.

Anyway, here is the place. It's merely a 2 minute walk from my actual school; this is a "dorm" located in their vocational school. It was the best thing they could give us, as a couple, and I'm glad they could. It's only 217 € a month, with a small water fee between us.



For the first time ever, we'll have a dinner table, haha.

I think there is another bed somewhere.

I can't believe we have all that!!.


Bathroom

The drive there, look at that snow!
I am just so excited! My semester is finally over, and I'm just a few days away from relaxing at home with my family for Christmas. My mom makes excellent Christmas dinner, including one of my favorite things of all time: shrimp cocktail, only the sauce is deliciously made of ketchup + mayonnaise + sprinkle of paprika, all topped on a sliver of smoked salmon and lettuce. Mmmmm... my mouth is watering.

This does make me begin to wonder how the food over there will be like...