Thursday, October 1, 2009

Getting around

Exchange life is awesome! I have some stuff to do, but the requirements here are, as mentioned before, pretty low. I just got one assignment back which was a 4, the second highest grade in Finland. Now I can re-write the conclusion to receive a 5. Right now I am having a break, I just came from T's flat, where we were working on a presentation for Monday.

Since the last time a lot happened, like always!I finally received my bank-card and my Finnish social security number, which enables me to work now. I've been partying a lot, took two day trips and booked already new trips.

Last week I went out three days in a row and actually had so much energy. Wednesday Amarillo, Thursday Jenny Woo and Friday Onnela and later Opera. Amarillo was the usual Wednesday-night, which means free entrance and beer for 1,50€ for 0,4l, which is pretty cheap for Helsinki. We went out with Everest, one of our tutors. He is a really nice guy, but when we wanted to enter Amarillo the bouncer didn't let him in. He said, that he knows Everest and that he made trouble last time. The thing was, Everest had never been before to Amarillo and therefore it was obvious, that he couldn't enter because of the color of his skin. It was the first time that something like this happened to "me" and I was really speechless and didn't know what to do. Finally Everest was so annoyed, that he went home and told us to go in anyways. Although we went in the mood of the group was bad and so we called it a night after just one hour.

Jenny Woo on Thursday was also nice. There was a student party and so we went. Before that we were in Pasila in one of the dorms to get going. It was the first time for me in this club and I liked it. Around the dancefloor they have instead of seats and tables beds and heavy trays. You can lie there and relax. Although it was really good, we just spend few time there, because we left Pasila pretty late and as always during the week the last bus is leaving at 1.35. On the other hand it is good, because you come home early and get at least some sleep before uni.

On Friday I went with the guys from Kannelmäki first to Onnela and then just with M. to Opera. The thing was that we payed a hell of money just for the entrance to Onnela and for the cloak room. Then came the next two shocks, it was empty, there was nobody dancing and the drinks were incredible expensive. So after one hour we decided to leave and go somewhere else. P. and C. two italian guys decided to go to the KY Club, but M. and me, we didn't wanted to spend again 6€ for the entrance. We just split up and dicided to spend the money on beer instead. So we went to Opera, where the entrance was free and bought each six beers for six euros... what else do I have to say?! ... It was awesome :-D

The next morning, even tho we all were hangovered, we got up and went with the bus to Porvoo, about 50km north-east of Helsinki. We were lucky, because the sun came out in exactly the moment when we arrived. We were walking around the small summer city and took (for real) a thousand photos. Ok, we were 5 people, but still it was pretty paparazzi style. Porvoo does not offer many attractions, it is the city itself which is the attraction. It has beautiful small houses situated at a nice river. I cant really write a lot about it because we did not do so much, we were basically just enjoying ourselves. Therefore here some pictures.

Yesterday A. and I went to Tallinn (Photos), because I was off. We got the tickets for free from A's parents. Ekerö-Line always has offers, that you get tickets when you buy for a certain amount in their shop on one of the ships and so did A's parents. We got up early in the morning and took the boat at 8 a.m. to Estonia. It took us about 3 hours and so we were there around noon. We walked first around the old city and bought roasted almonds. I knew them already from Germany, but these were made with a lot of spices and herbs. Really tasty and totally addictive! Tallinn is beautiful, but after 5 hours you have seen everything. Also the weather was not the best, we were tired and so we sat down in a small cozy café and had coffee and pie. On the way back we slept a little bit and used the opportunity to buy some cheap alcohol. I brought a 24 pack of beer and 1l of Jägermeister, the best German product brought to the world!!!

It was really essential that we brought alcohol, because we needed it for the evening. There was, guess what, a student party in Onnela. It was the first student party, where we officially were asked to wear our haalari, the student's coveralls. Even tho it was quite empty we had loads of fun and were dancing a lot. But as always we had to leave the club at 1.15 at the latest to catch the bus. However, because everybody who is taking the bus just came from a party or club and it is still early and everybody still got energy the atmosphere in the bus is always good. We are always singing and talking and have a lot of fun.

Anyways, I wrote a lot, just briefly in the end. I booked two more trips. I will go to Stockholm with ESN Helga, the international part of the students union and for new years I will be at home in Germany. From there A. and me will go to Paris for 3 days and will come back from there to Helsinki. Also I am planning right now trips to Moscow, St. Petersburg and Lapland. I have a lot to do, so I will finish now! Kiitos mielenkiinnostanne!

~M~

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