Hello!

So, one week in Finland has already passed. It feels strange that it's ONLY one week, it feels a much longer time...

Here it's still really cold, only +8 or something. Today it didn't rain, first time for a week... So, I took the benefit of a non-raining day and cut the lawn from our largelarge garden. Luckily we have a small garden tractor wich helps a lot on that work - just enjoy the driving ;) Well, there are some places on the garden that you need to cut with an old-fashioned lawn-cut-machine (english??) but that's not too much.

The party of my sister is on Saturday. A lot of baking is still waiting me in the kitchen but I'll guess we'll do it tonight - stay up a little bit later and finish finally all the cakes and pies etc. I don't mind baking, it's fun! And the smell inside the house during the baking is amazingly good of course ;)

I heard from France that there are people missing me. Really? Can't be true! Well, just kidding,  kidding  because I'm missing you people too! I would like to speak some french and english and enjoy the green trees and just be with you all - with people I've been spending my time for five months! So, kisses everyone!

But to be really serious, I wouldn't like to come back right now. For me working that time and most of all, living in France was enough for now. I don't mean that I didn't feel myself home there or that things were bad but I want to enjoy Finland now. :)

There is still a thought in my mind about living abroad again. I don't know what causes this feeling but maybe it's the nature of a traveller? I haven't started to plan anything yet (and I needed to cancel my participation to a choir trip to Prague in October because of my "financial problems") but I'm sure that soon I'll be in an airplane again. At least a trip to Paris and Rouen with my mom - I've already promised to be her guide for a trip to France ;)

I hope you'll enjoy your life there - I'm enjoying mine. And i hope we all be enjoying the sun very soon..

Bisous!

Riikka
 

Hello again...   

Just need to comment my yesterdays writing - I was travelling 12 hours and not 24, of course... I was still a little bit tired yesterday, I guess ;)

Today it's raining again but we've still worked a bit home, outside and inside. My sister has specialized on gardening these past few weeks so everything is starting to look really beautiful!

My travelling bags and luggages are still almost unopened... I should do something for them soon but it feels like that I'll lose France "forever" if I do something for them.

Maybe I'll do it tomorrow and at same time start packing things for to be ready to move back to Oulu. My things, clothes etc. have been safe here at my mum's home during my stay in France and so, soon it's time to move again.... I'm lucky to move back to my old rental appartement in Oulu in the beginning of June and that way return to the old, nice, cosy(?) life, wich I know so well....

Have a nice weekend everyone, I'll continue my things here.

Kisses!

Riikka

p.s. Guess what I'm listening... S-A-L-S-A!!

Hi all my friends in France and maybe somewhere else also...

This is a blog of my life here in Finland - my finnish friends have readen about my life in France this spring so now is time for write in English. If some one doesn't know, "a blog" is a kind of online diary, which any one can write into the internet and like in my case, is free to read for everybody. So, no big secrets will be written here! If you want to comment it's also possible but I prefer if you write me e-mail directly. As to a normal diary I'll be writing normal things about my normal life. So, don't mind if it's boring sometimes, if there are many mistakes or if you don't like about what I write - You have to freedom not to read :)

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So, my life in finland has started again, or shall I say, I've returned back to my "real" life... Or almost because I'll spent these three weeks in Veteli at my mum's place before I return to my "realreal" life in Oulu and start my summer job 19.6..

 I came yesterday after over 24 hours travelling and I'm still a little bit tired as you can imagine! It was a nice trip after all, flight was almost in time in the beginning and at time in Helsinki so no harm done. I would have spent even a little bit longer in the plane because after the flight I had still couple of hours to wait at the airport to get the bus to Helsinki city and then again a little bit waiting for the train to Kauhava. After Kauhava I could jump right into the car and just enjoy my sisters driving to back home...

After all travelling I felt really strange to be at home. It felt like I hadn't even been away! Well, that's the same feeling everytime when I come here at home - I've still spent most of my life living here so it's no wonder I guess... The weather is right now a typical spring weather, not really warm but at least it's not raining right now ;) But I have to say that I've been "lying" a little for you, French people: It's quite cold here, compared to yours. But I guess you won't mind because you knew it already! ;)

What I've noticed and what I think is funny is that I think in FRENCH! Can you imagine!? And in the grocery store I had really to think about what I was saying not to say "merci" or other small talk in french. So, I mqde a conclusion that I've really been into the French life during these 5 months, even though it was difficult at the beginning... And I'm glad of it!

My sisters "ylioppilasjuhlat" (= the party for the BAC) is in one week, 3.6.. Today I baked two cakes and even now I can smell some wonderful cake smells from the kitchen where mum is preparing some other bakings... And my sister is doing the gardening - and me - well, writing this blog....  SAo, maybe this is enough writing for today!

Hope you're all fine. I want to say my thanks for you all once again, I'll miss you all a lot!!

Bisous

Riikka

P.S. You can give this web address for others too, especially at school. Even the students, if some one is interested...