City Hotel Rovaniemi

... i to, ze Mikolaj mowi po polsku (przywital nas slowami "dzien dobry") i to, ze moglismy obok niego usiasc, a przede wszystkim to, ze zrobilismy sobie z nim zdjecie (niewazne, ze zaplacilismy za nie ogromne pieniadze). Usmiechy nie schodzily nam z twarzy juz do konca dnia. Jak dzieciom.

... we had seen 4 or 5 they all started to look pretty much the same.

We stopped at some shops where I bought a small bottle of Wodka. As we were now in Finland and were spending Euros rather than Norwegian Kroner it was a lot cheaper which was a welcome change.

As this was my last day in Norway...

A few Fact about Norway:

-Oslo, the capital city of Norway, has topped surveys in the past of ...

... Kõrvallauas istub mingi lühikestes pükstes jääkaru. Viin auto teise parklasse ja lähen linna peale. R-Kioskis Karvineni koomiksit ei müüda ja pean ennast mõnevõrra vaos hoidma, et mitte tee ääres kasvavalt puult pihlakakobarat nosimiseks kaasa haarata. Igameheõigus vist linnas ei kehti. Seekord saan ise autoga rongi sõita. Uus rong on küll väga peen, aga kupee imepisike. Lisaks kõigutab ja müriseb rong hirmsasti ning kraanikausikapi uks ei seisa lahti.

... the other night when i danced alone in my room to my favourite breaks song, i swear just as hard as any night at shambhala, feeling much of the same joy even in utterly different circumstances... i cannot really explain it any better than it is the feeling of truly being in the present moment. so many of us talk about this, ascribe to it, and listen to others describe it, that all the words to try to speak of it have become ...

... night was when we started talking about line dancing. for those who grew up in alberta, cadillac ranch is just something you know how do... like brushing your teeth or making KD. i could do that dance in my sleep. but until you move away, you do not realize how ABSOLUTELY BIZARRE AND RIDICULOUS THIS IS to just about everyone else in the world!! none of the non-canadians could even believe that everyone in my ...

... I have been thinking. That I have been feeling weird and kind of guilty about this, is a pretty sad statement about how we are generally taught to view school. Shouldn't thinking be one of the most important things we do, especially at the master's level? When we are forced to rush forward, in any direction as long as you get there in the end, we can end up somewhere we really never wanted to go. I think it is a major problem with our society in general, this rush, this ...

... deadlines are more lax and i get less done? :S speaking of sauna, oh sauna, how i love it! seriously, finnish sauna is the ****. i have already been to sauna in our building twice, i am going to try to go as much as possible in the next couple of months! before returning to the land of "please do not throw water on the rocks" ;P our flat is really fabulous, we are 2 minutes from the ...

... pastry and warm choco from the Laura's father. After that it was the departure, they walked with me to along the road and there it was the farewell as they drove back and I started my lonely HH journey to the north. The temperature is grey and more chill but its ok with just long clothes, I wonder how it will be more North! After a moment, I move further to a bus stop and continue HH there. It's been not ...

... think twice about putting the wet dishes away in the cupboard to dry. 9. Silence is fun. 10. The reason you take the ferry to Stockholm is: a. duty free vodka b. duty free beer c. to party...no need to get off the boat in Stockholm; just turn around and do it again on the way back. d. all of the above (haven't done this yet but it is high on my list!!) 11. Your coffee consumption exceeds 6 cups a day and coffee is too weak if there is ...

... girl who is in her last year of high school. they are both really nice and have been very welcoming. really, everyone i have met so far has been really friendly and helpful. the international centre at the university assigns us student tutors to show us around and help us navigate through all the usual bureaucracy, which is awesome. this week has been orientation, i have met most of the other students in my programme, and classes start next week. i'm really ...