Sunday allready?!

The first few days here went by so fast...

Beautiful waterfall on the way home

Thursday and friday "the orientation days" started at 8:30, so we had to wake up quite early. But on the upside, luchbreak starts at 11! They talked us trough library services, computer systems, student health care, how to survive in Jyväskylä, but the thing we remebered the most is the Student Union JAMKO & International Club IC. We received an event calender with lots of parties, trips to for example Riga and Lapland and even a cutural tour.

Meeting some Finnish people

Friday afternoon started off with a beach picnic at "Tuomiojärvi" beach. It didn't take long before we met some other students. The funny thing is, we practically only met local Finnish people. Everyone told us it would be very difficult to get some Finnish friends, because they are very much on their own, not very sociable, but they are really friendly and kind. We just kept talking all afternoon, until we realized we couldn't go back to the appartement by bus anymore. So we had to go straight to the afterparty at club Bra. First we went to the Macdonald's to get a real Finnish meal and prepare ourselfs for another night of drinking lots and lots of tapwater.

Spanish lunch invite

After arriving home with the nightbus and waking up quite early because the sun was shining so bright again, we prepared ourselfs to go the beach 300m from here. We spent the afternoon relaxing and meeting other exchange students. It was even very nice to just take a swim. Then we got invited to a birthday party in someone's appartement, about 50-60 in a really small place. A lot of Spanish people were hanging around and invited us to a Spanish lunch the day after.

Today the sun is shining again and they predicted 25° outside, so we're probably going to the beach again this afternoon.

So see you again in a few days !