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Some New Pictures

          It is a lot of fun to take pictures in Finland, everything is so green and my camera works well. The first picture with me in it is from this ancient church we went to while at the Karkku camp. I took the one with all of the signs at Tampere square. Tampere is the second largest city in Finland and is about 45 minutes away from Äetsä. The last picture is from the forest in the backyard of my house.

(I know-A forest in my backyard, how could boredom have even been invented with a forest in your backyard!)

I'm in the newspaper and a pretty sunset!

A very cool opportunity!

Performing at Karkku!

On the last day of the Karkku camp, I performed at the "cozy night"- an international talent show. Almost all of the countries did their national anthems and people did various acts from reading poetry to dancing to a short play. Here is me doing a diddy on ukulele!

A Week In Karkku

Hello World

            I’m posting this from the Karkku camp in Finland! I arrived here after a very pleasant bud ride where some of my fellow North American Rotarians (US, Canada and Mexico) and I met with some of the exchange students from the rest of the world. We had been waiting for the Frankfurt-Helsinki flight and had met in the Frankfurt Airport where we had set up camp with our carry-on luggage. I was very nice to have instant friends in the airport and be able to let my guard down.

            The Chicago-Frankfurt was brutally long! There were good movie selections along the way like the Hunger Games and The Avengers. Luckily, I had an aisle seat so there was room to stretch my legs and no one to hop over to get to the bathroom. Unluckily, however, was the man with a laptop next to me! He must have had the best battery life on his computer because for the entire journey he was flashing me with his laptop screen. Sometime in the middle of the night, he decided to put away his laptop, produced a book, and turned on the overhead light.

            So I am in camp and well, it turns out that the name Sastamala applies to the entire area and my particular part is called Äetsä. I went to sauna. And even cooler, Karkku (Where I am now) is in Sastamala! I am learning a lot of Finnish and will post once I get to my first Host family!