Time to settle down

So! I am almost done with my second week of school! Things were a bit less "new" this week, but still pretty overwhelming. I spent last weekend in Helsinki and it was amazing! I loved the city, and can't wait to go back. I think I could see myself living there. Although I'm not so sure about this whole it being freezing thing. Most of this week has been chilly and wet... and it's still August. Que va. I still understand about as much Finnish as I did last week, which is to say little to none. I had another Finnish lesson today though, so I can now tell time in Finnish! Getting farther than that... well... we shall see. Did you know they even conjugate numbers in Finnish! What's a silly American to do?
I have been getting to know my fellow students better, although still not very well. All in good time. I am still convinced that Finnish people are pretty darn amazing, although a tad quiet. I got to go to Vaasa the other day, and I liked it just as much as Helsinki, although it is much smaller. I had my first Finnish McDonalds! The salads are bigger, and they offer hot chocolate. Other than that it's your basic McD's. I have started to make some plans with friends, which is really nice and I am very excited for that! Oh! and I just read Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins and I loved it! Can't wait to get a hold of the last book. And speaking of books I got a Library card! The librarian didn't seem to enthused, but perhaps she was just being reserved. I have also been  riding a bike more often. Considering I haven't ridden a bike in, well, years, I haven't been very enthusiastic about doing any bike riding. But! I will conquer this fear.
Last night and today after I got home from school I watched the BBC version of Pride and Prejudice. I loved it! and it inspired me to go and watch the movie version, so I did. I am now listening to the soundtrack, which I am equally in love with. I'm pretty sure I was born in the wrong era.=]

Host Sister and I at Sibelius monument

Until I am once again inspired to write!

Lets start at the very beginning

Well, I have been in Finland for a little over two weeks now. So far it has been pretty amazing, really crazy, and very new. Aside from being bombarded by finnish at all turns, I have been learning, slowly but surely. I started school on Monday and that has been pretty insane so far. I don't really have an actually schedule yet, but I am working on getting one. It's hard because all the classes are in finnish. So obviously classes like history and psychology make no sense to me because it is all talking, in finnish. Sitting through a class where it is all lecture, and lecture in a different language you don't understand at that, is not very easy. My hope is that by submersing myself in finnish so constantly I will be able to start understanding some. Given that today is only my third day, it is still all very new. Most of my fellow students have been awesome and so helpful. I have seen a lot of new faces and heard tons of new names, so remembering them is something that will come with time. The school itself is very nice, and I should have it all figured out in a few weeks. At this point everything is new and overwhelming and I am getting impatient for things to start making more sense... que va. Oh! and speaking of Spanish I am going to start taking spanish as well. It seems trying to learn finnish has kicked my language learning gears into action and I have been spouting random spanish, so I thought I might as well take a class. I may perhaps start getting on more often so there will be more constant updates. As for now, I would love to skype! It will probably be early morning or late night. Hei hei for now and I hope we skype soon!

Before I even leave!

Well it is currently midnight o'thirty and I have to wake up in about four and a half hours to get ready to head to the airport! I have said most of my hard goodbyes with just a few left. I am not sure how I feel except extremely excited! In a few days I will have more to say, but for now!
      "May the road rise to meet you, May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, The rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again May God hold you in the palm of his hand."
See you in Finland