Tuesday, November 22, 2011

November 22, 2011

Moikka!

It's almost Thanksgiving! I'm sad I will be missing it this year but that's okay because I will be preparing my own Thanksgiving feast for my host family on Sunday. Hopefully it will turn out okay I have never made a whole dinner before, let alone a feast! Other than that I bring you some photos from my latest adventure. We finally had a sort of "district meeting" last weekend and it was nice to see all the other exchange students again. We went to a camp site in a small town called Laitila and spent the evening together saunaing, grilling sausage (makkara), and  playing ping-pong. Then we discussed another exciting trip that's coming up, Lapland! We will be leaving on December 3rd and will come home on the 8th. We will mostly spend our time skiing and snowboarding but we also might take a trip to "Santa's house" (even though everyone but the Finns know he lives in the North Pole. They refuse to accept this fact.). Hopefully we will have snow by then! Today its only 36 degrees outside! Anyways, I don't have many pictures from the Laitila camp but I have a few you may look at.

 Exchange students walking out onto the dock. In the background is the sauna house.
 Picture from end of dock.
 Eating dinner. They always have delicious food at these camps!
 Us exchange students. From left to right; France, Mexico, Australia, Australia, Taiwan, Japan, and Oregon.
 Lake that some people swam in after sauna. It was freezing!
Ehm... This was our midnight snack. Every flavor of Finland's most favorite chocolate brand, Fazer. Mint, pear, almond, lemon, original, dark, etc. Best chocolate EVER.

Kiitos! That was the Laitla camp in a nutshell. It was fun and I can't wait to see everyone again in Lapland. However, I'm not looking forward to the 20 hour bus ride to get there. I hope my Thanksgiving feast is a success so I can show everyone how it ended up. If not you'll have to accept photos of burnt food and starving faces. Ha! Okay I'm not that bad of a cook...

Have a WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING. Eat lots and enjoy each others company, I miss it already.

Love and Happy Thanksgiving,

Karlee

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