This is a copy from a few thoughts I have previously written and published, on the 15. Aug. at 1:40 pm:
Suomessa
I am in Finland now for already 3 days, 4, if you take the day of my
arrival into account too. I don't, because I only arrived at 5 pm and
was tired like hell!
I only found the time to write a thought here just today.
I spent the other two days mainly with the mighty quest for doing
the painful, but unfortunately necessary paperwork. Well, I want money
here in Finland, so it needed to be done as quickly as possible.
I had to run from one place to another - luckily my tutor was with me,
so I did not have to look for these places myself (I wouldn't've been
finished by now...) - and finally put all into an envelope and send it
back to Germany.
Now, I only have to wait for the offices to respond.
I really hope badly that they'll raise the money I get to a satisfactory amount. The prices in Finland are like hell!
In Germany I pay about 280 € for my 24 m² flat. Here, in Finland, I pay
about 420 for 18 m². In Germany I can get a warm meal for 3 (= very
cheap) or 6 (moderate) €. Here, a very cheap meal is around 6 - 7 €.
You see the drift, I guess.
I already ran out of money for this month because I have to pay two rents which have cost more than my actual income is.
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Yesterday and tomorrow, I have been on the excavation in Turku.
(You can read it in English and German as well...) The excavation
method here is a bit different from what I have experienced in Germany.
But I have to say that most of my experience in Germany is based on
rescue excavations, and this here is a scientific excavation. These work
completely differently. (If you're interested, I may talk about the
difference in another thought...)
It's really nice to be here, though. I just miss one of my friends
from Germany, who was also at the last excavation with me, who wanted
to come here, too. Unfortunately he did not have time and money, so I am
all alone. :(
Hardly anybody of the Finns talks to me.
I must be a really intimidating, evil looking person. Nah... it's just
the stereotypical shyness of the Finnish Folk that plays a role here.
They do not like speaking, especially in a language they haven't
mastered. And my finnish is unfortunately not good enough to talk about
more than about the weather or stones. But I'll try to improve because
that's what I'm here for.
At least one thing has been really nice:
One of the few boys at the excavation has told me that he first thought I'd be a Finn because my pronounciation is so well.
Well, that was a really nice thing to say! :) I'm glad that at least my pronounciation is good, when even my vocabulary is small.
Yes. What I wanted to add, too, is that I'm glad to be back to Finland.
I really missed it. I just like the way the finnish villages and towns
look like - I like the very finnish kind of architecture (at least what I
see as very finnish) -. I like to hear the people speak Finnish even
though I understand almost nothing except a few words here and there.
I hope, I can improve my knowledge of the finnish language during my stay here.
And for now, I guess I rambled enough.
I may tell more later.
Nähdään! (See you)
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