Back to School...Yay!

School started well on wednesday because as i had no idea what i was doing i rocked up 2 hours before i had any classes so i was just so that meant i was just sitting around getting funny looks from passers by. The day improved a lot from there though and by the end of the day i had quite a few friends.
On saturday we went to my host aunty and uncles house where i had an epic snowball fight with their kids..the fact that i'm 5/10 years older than any of them was little help to me and soon enough i was covered in snow and freezing. From there i went to a girl from school's party which was surprisingly quite similar to an Australian party...
On sunday we went to have some makkara (sausages) cooked on an open fire at my host families summer cottage. The sausages were awesome but it was hard to sit in the kotta (little hut with the fire) because the chimney didn't work all that well :P

School the next week was fun despite being able to understand next to nothing the teachers were saying. The parts that i could understand were in english, were the students are so good that they speak only english in class and in art (pretty pictures are an international language i think).
The end of the week was action packed with the abi (final year) students leaving on thursday and the second years (my years) formal dance on Friday. On Thursday we got watched a show that the abi students had made to celebrate them leaving then stood there while they through candy at us (hard!) after that they officially left the school by sliding down the hill at the front of the school in poorly made sleds. Needless to say many of the sleds didnt make it down the hill in one piece. On friday i watched the second year student's dance where they performed folk dances they had been practicing and then went with them to the afters to celebrate.

The weekend was was also lots of fun as on Satuday my host parents took me into Helsinki where i had a photo in front of every statue and significant building we could find. We also thought that it would be a good idea to check out the modern art museum... well it seemed like a good idea at the time anyway, we walked out of half of the rooms in histerical laughter getting evil looking glares from all the arty people walking around. Before going home we went to an oriental food store to buy a whole lot of chili products (i think i live with the only people in Finland who like spicy food) and some Mi goreng, my one true love.
On sunday we went to my host aunty and uncles place again for some cross country skiing around a nearby field. This was great fun and after having a taste for it i wanted more. We spotted a big hill just down the road and i thought it would be a good idea to try going down that...it wasn't. Soon enough i was landing face first in the snow with my legs twisted in ways i never could have imagined possible.

I've got this whole next week off school for winter holidays so i look forward to a good one :D



Here are some pictures of the ~500 year old church in Lohja, my host families summer cottage, my host dad's curling practice, the school dance, our trip to Helsinki and my attempt at cross country skiing.