Moi guys !!! This is as much finnish as i have now, i have travelled to Finland with a man named Ola as part of the EVS scheme. I am working in the rappapuja (enviromental) section of the project.

Before we left Ireland we did pre departure training where we were informed of what to expect of our time in Finland and also making our travelling plans.... but i must say i was nervous about going on the plane!

Riina our mentor met us at the bus station and helped us get settled in when we arrived ahe met us at the bus station and showed us our flat for the next month which i have to say is fairly Cushti! (Nice)

When i got to finland and had a good sleep as you can see i was a little more relaxed, sussanna and Larissa showed us around on the wednesday where we looked around the city and the local park especially which has a lot to see and then we went to the bay area where there is loads of restaurants and had a lovely meal of meatball and noodle soup and finnish root beer.

On my first day at the enviromental workshop i met all the people i would be working with who are a great bunch, the workshop is renovating an summer house, so tommy one of my mentors who knows i have some chainsaw experience said i cut do some sawing and we done some clearance to clean up the entrance to the house which left a lovely view of the lake. I really enjoyed it and i learnt quiet a lot on my first day at the workshop.

On my second day at the workshop i was just cutting the lawn near the picnic area and enjoying the sun and having fun chatting and getting to know everybody.

after a day off, i had my first finnish lesson which i must say was taught well maybe not learnt so much. Finnish is a very difficult language and i dont feel too bad as i have heard from some finnish friends themselves that they find their own language is difficult to them !!

On the first day of our second week we had a day at Multi-Culti the multicultural centre and played football in the park and played a traditional finnish sport where you throw a small log at markers with numbers on them which i think is quite similar to bowling, the sun was shining and it was great to make new friends and just enjoy the sun :P