shots from Finland

Soumi 2010

I spend this week in Finland with my students visiting our exchange school we have over there.
The ferry to Helsinki was nice, bit windy but relaxing and comfortable. In Helsinki we met the rain and while walking through Högholmen (Helsinki zoo) the rain was just pouring down until out lunch break.
After that we headed to Tourla for dinner and nighttime activities.

The following morning we jumped back into the bus and headed back towardsHelsinki to visit Finlands largest dog spa.
Then into thebus and back to Turku where we went for a stroll and then bus to catch the frerry back home.

10 questions

We have come up with 10 questions that describe our trip to Finland.

1. Who forgot their ID?
2. Who was non-stop hungry?
3. Who was the most social student?
4. Who forgot to pay their breakfasts buffée and paid with boardingcard instead?
5. Who tuned the light off?
6. Who hit the wall?
7. Who had an uninvited guest?
8. Who had the best hairstyles?
9. Who had clcose contact with the ground?
10. Who had two faithfull companions throughout the trip?
    

Åbo- Stockholm

Lets just descirbe this trip as a start of a nightmare that goes ok in the end.

When we were checking in we discovered that it was the monthly Ladies night cruise, secondly the redbull car pulls up, thirdly FIVE busses of already drunk military boys appear.

We new by then this was not going to be fun. And when we came to our cabins we were right, there were already parties going on everywhere and by the time taxfree opened the party(drunken slaughter field) was on.

We decided to try and upgrade our and our students cabins and were so lucky that we got 8 cabins in a row on deck10. It was alittle bit calmer here than on the previous deck.

we had some dramas but in general it was a pretty quite night (compared with how it would have bin on deck2). Only other problem than having to call security to kick a unwelcome guest out was that the tilt in our beds were so great that I almost slid out of bed several times during the night & that was on calm sees.

The bus ride home went with out any dramas and since then I have bin dead to the world, with a heavy headache and have slept 11hrs non-stop and then some...

day 2

After breakfast the students showed our students around the school and we had some games to lighten up the tension a litlle bit.





Then it was early lunch and we headed off to visit two different petshops. This is were the leading driver managed to loose the bus that was following them (yes that was us).


Then we drove to Tourla wich is the other school and the vice principal showed us around and we had an early dinner before we headed into Turku(Åbo and the students had some free time to go shopping.

Then it was time to board the ferry and go back to sweden.

Day 1

Finland greeted us with sun and clearblue skys. And ice in random places that almost killed you.
First we visited Sea Life and I wass in heaven. The students didn't think me and my colleague would leave..ever. We were just walking around looking and i was telling her facts about almost all the sealife in there...

after that we had lunch at Hesburger (is this the equal to MAX in sweden?)

and then we headed to Aaptus dog spa and pensionat.

When we were done there we headed to Paomi where the school is got dinner (it was soup) and our sleeping quarters for the night. 14 of us got to sleep in a studens built cabin with no running water and no loo. But we go to use the sauna.

My trip to Finland

As you guys know I headed of to Finland for a couple of days with students to visit a school and other things.

At 11 am on tuesday the 31th or march we headed off towards Stockholm and the ferry to wards Helsingfors.

We boarded M/S Silja Symphony for a 17h journey. We fixed dinner for the students and while they were eating I actually got my hair cut (Yes I was the one that mixed up the timezones that is onboard the ferry).

We had a lovely dinner and afterwards I got a Baileys coffe before it was time to hit the sack. In the morning we had a lovely breakfast buffe and Finland showed herself from her best side.


Sunshine and clear ble skys. Unforunately winter hasn't left Finland yet so the bay was filled with ice and snow everywhere.

I'm off....

Yhea didn't stay long at work. This time I'm traveling with students and colleagues to Finland for a couple of days.

Still haven't got my mobileblogging to work, but hoping for internet connection on the ferry. If not atleast there will be some general updates as usual.