Presenting some Fun Trips

The past couple have weeks have been action packed to say the least! Filled with trips, presentations, and a lot of fun. The next few weeks are filled with trips, presentations, and even more fun. Everyday, it gets harder to believe just how fast time is going by!

This past weekend I went to Helsinki and Järvenpää to visited a Canadian friend, Liz. I was luckily able to get most of my Christmas shopping done in Helsinki! :D

America and Canada ( Thanks to Liz's host-family for the socks!)

Liz's adorable host dog!

Järvenpää Train Station

The Helsinki train station had the cutest police officers (I'm talking about the horses ;) )

I had the wonderful opportunity to visit a middle school in my city. I was able to present to a bunch of English classes about the United States. It was fun and interesting to see what the younger kids thought of my home country.

Mandatory Flag Photo with one class I presented to!

I have realized that while I post a lot of pictures of my trips and adventures, I don't often talk about the everyday things. My normal day isn't too interesting. School, free school lunch, and then maybe coffee after school with friends. A few weeks I took pictures around my city when I had some free time, so here they are!

A water tower near my school

A street I walk on everyday

The Library

The Central Park

Sculpture in the Central Park

I believe this is some sort of war memorial.

The market square

The Market has some of the most random items for sale.

My city has a large amount of Russian tourist so a lot of things are written in Finnish, Russian, and English.

Seal Statue. The Saimaa Seal is a severely endangered animal only found in this area of the world.

This street would be Bloomington's equivalent of Kirkwood

Finland's Starbuucks

Found this cute sign :) (Lontoo=London, Riika=Riga)

The Lake is starting to freeze

Just another Path

I took this on my bus ride home