Moi!

Name: Markus
Age: 23

Why i'm going to Slvoenia?
To see new places and to meet new people.

What are you expecting for your time in foreign country?
Interesting experiences and good times

Is there something you find exiting?
Slovenias beautiful nature.

What are your hobbies? What kind of stuff are you interested in?
I play guitar and videogames and every now and then I workout. I'm interested in music and the mighty endless universe. 

What is the most important thing you're gonna stow with you?
Headphones.

What would you like to tell about your homeland to people you'll meet in your destination?
It's a gold and a dark place where you have to fight polarbears and eat mämmi.
No really, Finland is a beautiful country full of lakes, forests, flat buildings and great people!

What you wish for your future? What is your dream?
I'd like to travel and see the world.

Finland

Harri

Age: 25

Why I'm going to Slovenia? I'm going to Slovenia so I could see a new culture I could get new experiences and I could learning something new and be to use the English language.


What are you expecting for your time in foreign country? Meet new people seeing new places and learn to work with children and young people.


Is there something you find exiting? I belive that everything is going to be a bit exciting because everything is little new.

What are your hobbies? What kind of stuff are you interested in? Going to gym and jogging and also i like watch movies.

What is the most important thing you're going to stow with you? Mobile phone positive and open mindset and of course clothes :)


What would you like to tell about your homeland to people you'll meet in destination?  Finland is safe country to live in. We celebrated in mid-summer celebration named juhannus when the sun does not set.


What you wish for your future? I would like to get a job or go to school.



What is your dream? Sometimes buy own house to start a family and get a good job.

Hello

Sanna

Age: 22

Why I'm going to Slovenia?
I want to get new experiences and new friends.
What are you expecting for your time in foreign country?
I want to practise my english and to learn something about a new culture.
Is there something that you find exciting?
New culture and new people.
What are your hobbies? What kind of stuff are you interested in?
My hobbies are cycling and walking and I'm interested in to listen to music and to make handicrafts.
What is the most important thing you're going to stow with you?
Happy mindset and my phone.
What would you like to tell about your homeland to people you'll meet in your destination?
We have a beautiful nature here.
What you wish for your future? What is your dream?
I wish that I would get to some school.

Christmas regards and update what's happening in year 2017

Hi!

Before Christmas break some update :)

Linnea ended her period here in Ohjaamo Lahti last week. Thank you Linnea for the work that you did here! Everything went well from our point of view and we hope that you enjoyed your time here. Hopefully we will hear from you later on.

Before we all calm down for the holidays, we have been busy making the preparations for the period when Sanna, Markus and Harri are leaving to Slovenia for two months in the beginning of January. You can read their presentations blog posts soon!

Us coordinators have been doing interviews for the last period when our youngters from Finland are heading to Slovenia. So next year you will hear who are those two volunteers who are going to Slovenia in the beginning of March. 

Later on in the spring we are having our last volunteers in this project from Ireland to here in Lahti, Finland. Can't wait!

And also, Anna has done a great job as being the head blogger. From beginning of next year, I will start doing the blog job. Thank you Anna for the awesome ground work that you have done, it's easy for me to continue :)

Here we go again!-team wishes you all a Merry Christmas and all the best for the year 2017! Luckily the project isn't over yet :) Stay tuned for the awesome EVS-experiences which are coming next year!

Terhi, Coordinator

My "first" Finnish week

Moi!

As I mentioned in the last blog post I traveled to my relatives in the northern Finland and Sweden. It was a wonderful trip and I am so happy that I had the opportunity to go and visit my relatives :) Nine hours in the bus was very long but so worth it!




On Wednesday it was time to work again, so I continued with the PowerPoints and soon I will be done with them as well, hopefully on Monday because I don't have much time left.
I'll go back home next week's Friday, so exactly one week. About going home I have some mixed emotions, on the one hand I miss my friends and family and I wanna see them again and my own home and city but on the other hand I feel like my time here has gone by really fast and I would like one or two more weeks.

Thursday I was at Martat, a cooking class with other youngsters from different workshops. the day before I was a bit nervous about going there because the class was in Finnish but I worried over nothing. The youngsters were really nice as well as the instructor Niina who even knew some Swedish but the main language was still Finnish :) First Niina gave us an introduction about Martat and about saving money and after that we started making the food and dessert. We were divided into smaller groups, some were two and two others were alone. It was fun and I'm glad that I went :)
 After that I went to my Finnish lesson and we went through some new stuff. Later I went for a coffee with my new friend, who is also taking the same Finnish lesson :)




Today Friday I have started writing in my Youthpass about my learning experiences, it can be a bit difficult to put words into it but I'm sure it will work out in the end :)


- Linnea

Sightseeing and my first hockey match

Hello!

This week has gone by really fast.. Last weekend I was visiting a friend in Helsinki, we saw and went to different tourist attractions. And just walked around and discovered the city :)

It is a beautiful city and I would like to go back there at summer time  :)

On Tuesday I went to my first hockey game with Lauri, his friend and his son. Pelicans (Lahti) vs. Kärpät  (Oulu). It was a fun new experience and it's not the same as watching it on Tv. Pelicans scored the first goal and after a while the score was 1-1, Kärpät won when they scored another goal during the extension period, Pelicans 1-2 Kärpät.

Thursday morning me and Susanna visited a Swedish school here in Lahti. The principal informed us/ me about the school and its history and after that she gave us a tour arond the building and introduced me to the pupils. It was a nice school:) And later that day we went to visit a 4H farm. Two of Susanna's clients are being there so I got the opportunity to come with and see some of the activities.

Today around lunch time I'm taking the bus to the northern Finland and Sweden where I'll be staying during this long weekend and visiting my relatives :) I'm really looking forward to seeing them :D but I'll have a looong busride ahead of me.. almost 8,5 hours.. I'm coming back to Lahti on the independence day 6.12

-Linnea