Today marks my last 30 days in Finland. Its so hard to believe my time here has gone by this fast. I remember every moment from the new friends I made, […]

Wanhat is the Finnish version of Prom. For wanhat you have a partner and spend months practicing and memorizing the dances up until the big day. The dances are formal […]

            The longer I live in Finland, the more it seems to change me and the way I see America (a.k.a the states). I don’t […]

Okay, I know Christmas was a few months ago.. but if you’re still interested in knowing how we in Finland celebrate it (continue reading). So to start off Finns don’t […]

My host mom took me on a cruise for my Christmas present and it was absolutely amazing. The cruise was over night  and it went from Turku, Finland to Sweden […]

The Rotary youth exchange trip to Lapland 2015 was a week I will never forget. I can honestly say it was one of the best weeks of my life. The […]

My high school in Finland is slightly different from my high school in Eugene. To start off, here it is mandatory to take only three years of high school. Since […]