Arriving at Jyväskylä

Dear friends and family

Still trying to figure out how this blog"thing" works, but until then, this is my first impression...

Lake "Myllyjärvi"

Despite the fact we missed our first train from Helsinki to Jyväskylä, everything went very smooth. Our tutor Saana was waiting for us and gave us a fast introduction to our home and facilities around here. This morning I first started to realize this is the place we are going to stay for the next 4 months. I started the day with a good run, and so I could explore this beautiful place a little bit more. Our flat is in the middle of the forest, and we have a lake almost literally in our backyard. Everything around looks so calm and peaceful, almost like a fairytale, nevertheless, the city center is only 10 minutes by bus and 5 minutes on foot there are a few supermarkets and even a MacDonald's! 

Weird clouds, big power supply

The only thing we still need to figure out are the busses and their routes. Today we ended up  in small village called "Mustalampi", with a busdriver not speaking a word English... But eventually we did arrive home and prepared dinner: "Dr. Oetker's famous Ristorante!"

One thing I was a little bit afraid of, that acohol would be very expensive, but 15€ for 20 cans of beer and 15 cents for a recycled can, is just perfect! It's almost like earning money to drink beer?!

And on that bombshell it's time to end my first but certainly not last blog!


Moimoi (Finish for goodbye)

ps: Quote van de dag: Sanne zegt: "Zo nen bos maat, tis gelijk gans d'ardennen op énen berg!"