Friday, December 9, 2011
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Uusi Perhe! (New Family)
So yesterday I moved in with my second host family. And I just have to say, that I am an absolute champ at packing suitcases. I was able to fit all of my stuff into my suitcase and my backpack, and then I also had my saxophone case and music bag. I feel like to have more then that would just be unneccessary. But that's just me. My new family's last name is Rauta, which I guess also means road. Juha is my host father and Satu is my host mother. Satu works at the bank, and Juha has his own plumbing\electric buisness. My room is his old office, but they fixed up really nice for me and I absolutely love it! It's very cozy, and there's an awesome couch that I'm sitting on right now. New favorite spot. I always make sure to hang up my dreamcatcher immediately after moving in, to bring something familiar.
Anyways, they are super nice, and they speak really slowly in Finnish and use lots of hand motions so I understand. Hopefully I will be able to speak mostly Finnish at home, so I will learn alot better. I also have two host sisters: Annika and Tiia. Tiia is the same age as me and Annika is two years older. They are are also super nice, and really excited to do stuff with me and help me out. And then there is Rasmus. He is a 3 year old St. Bernard, and he is an absolute beast! Now he's starting to get used to me, but yesterday he was freaking out. But in a good way. He was just really happy to meet me, so he kept jumping on top of me and hooking his legs around my knees to tackle me. But he's pretty awesome. I'll put some pictures up this weekend of the new house and all.
The new house is on the complete opposite side of town, so to get to school I have to go through these tunnels that go under the railroad tracks. It's also a lot further away then my last house, but I don't really mind. Give me lots of time to think.But I probaby won't be walking to school very often, since I'll be able to get a ride with Annika most days. And soon it will snow, so I don't know if I will be able to ride my bike.
In two days I go to Lapland! So excited.
Anyways, they are super nice, and they speak really slowly in Finnish and use lots of hand motions so I understand. Hopefully I will be able to speak mostly Finnish at home, so I will learn alot better. I also have two host sisters: Annika and Tiia. Tiia is the same age as me and Annika is two years older. They are are also super nice, and really excited to do stuff with me and help me out. And then there is Rasmus. He is a 3 year old St. Bernard, and he is an absolute beast! Now he's starting to get used to me, but yesterday he was freaking out. But in a good way. He was just really happy to meet me, so he kept jumping on top of me and hooking his legs around my knees to tackle me. But he's pretty awesome. I'll put some pictures up this weekend of the new house and all.
The new house is on the complete opposite side of town, so to get to school I have to go through these tunnels that go under the railroad tracks. It's also a lot further away then my last house, but I don't really mind. Give me lots of time to think.But I probaby won't be walking to school very often, since I'll be able to get a ride with Annika most days. And soon it will snow, so I don't know if I will be able to ride my bike.
In two days I go to Lapland! So excited.
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