Yes really! I was living in Helsinki, in Oulunkylä & went to the local school for a year. I was terribly bad at learning Finnish & only picked up a bare minimum of it, which I am still disappointed about. I’ve never been back (I’ve never been out of Australia since!) but stayed in touch with my first host sister, who is a few years younger than me. Sadly I lost touch with my second family.
A Taswegian in Finland 
Our skating rink is turning into a pool today.
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wow
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It’s quite late this year, usually they start sometime in December.
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Looks like it will be fun!
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True, won’t be long and the field will be full of skaters.
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great idea! Cheers!
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Isn’t it great, although maybe the guy with hose doesn’t quite share our enthusiasm 😉
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Hei! Thanks for visiting my blog – I was really interested to find yours as I spend a year in Finland as an exchange student a long long time ago!
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Seriously. Tell me more! Where were you living? Have you come back to Finland since? Do you keep in contact with your host family?
Ooh, sorry, too many questions 🙂 I get a bit carried away sometimes.
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Yes really! I was living in Helsinki, in Oulunkylä & went to the local school for a year. I was terribly bad at learning Finnish & only picked up a bare minimum of it, which I am still disappointed about. I’ve never been back (I’ve never been out of Australia since!) but stayed in touch with my first host sister, who is a few years younger than me. Sadly I lost touch with my second family.
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