Beware, very long post coming up :P
I'm here in Finland now, one week since I arrived. It's wonderfull, there are so many trees and hills and I absolutely love it!
When I arrived I first dropped off all my stuff, then we ate something (Really tasty :D), and then we left for the stable. Wow.. Really nice stables, there are 4 horses, and it's at Markus' (host-brother who doesn't live with his parents anymore) place. Really nice house too :P Their sauna has some sort of window, that makes it possible to watch TV from inside the sauna (And they have boxes installed in the sauna itself!).
I also tried the guitar, it's pretty good :)
When we got back home I was very tired.
2nd day we went to the "Vihti Market", where they showed some things of old Vihti, it was really nice. I met some of Anniina's friends, and I bought a necklace with an axe:
I also bought a Finnish simcard, so it's a bit cheaper to stay in contact with Finnish people.
At the end of the day we went to sauna, very warm X_X But very nice too :) (And we wore bikini's, fortunately!)
On the 3rd day we went to the Golf Club, but first some time at home, I didn't go with my host family to the stables that day but instead updated some things on the computer and made some music. After that we went to eat at the golf club, and watched the results of the club-competition. We also went to the store, they sell Euroshopper Energydrink! IN BIG CANS! Really really happy!
Then monday.. School! I just talked to someone who introduced us to the system and stuff, and then we walked around with some students, made my schedule (I follow Spanish, English, maths, art and music :D)
After school I started my computer to put some more music on my MP3, played some games, answered some mail, and then completely collapsed. I was so tired.
On the 5th day I had the first lessons, I started with maths, long maths, 3rd grade, switched it to long maths 1st grade (When I showed my host sister my schedule she was like "How can you be in 3rd grade long maths?!", but yeah, I didn't understand anything from the information that was given about the courses, so I just picked some things), maybe in Dutch I could've done 3rd grade long maths, but even in English it'd be a big problem already I think :P
Art was really nice, the teacher explained a lot in English =)
Then wednesday, I started with Spanish, and that was good, I recognized things. It's 1st grade Spanish, so it's almost all familiar to me, and it's really good to see something that I know =). English was good too, and music was a presentation in Finnish, and then we could leave. I have to make a presentation about Finnish movie music with 2 other exchange students. Then 1st grade maths, already easier to follow, but maths really doesn't make sense when you don't understand the story around the formula's '-_-
Thursday was quite relaxed, after school I made some music, and then I watched some videos on my laptop =).
And yesterday, well, yeah.. I don't really know what to think about it. I started with art, we are making our mind out of clay, or something :P It's quite fun tho. Then 3 hours of having nothing to do at all (What resulted in going to the shop with Alex, having school-lunch, and then walking to Hesburger with some people :P), and then we watched the 3rd grade vs. the rest soccer game, that was quite fun.
In the evening 2nd time sauna, heat is becoming easier to handle. And now weekend, time to rest and relax :)
Some music for today, Vitas - Opera 2, very interesting artist with a great voice :D
Take care all, and I'll update you later again!
'Anouk
