So, I decided to end my travel blog with this one last writing, and I decided to do it in English, since I have so many English speaking readers too. The writing has been one really nice part of the exchange, since I've never written a blog before and I really enjoyed it.
First I'm going to tell about the events that happened before I left :)
Heidi was visiting me all the way from Finland. It was SOOO good to see her and I was proud to show her around :) We spent some time in Zwolle as well as in Amsterdam. It was great! Here's some pics!
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| Dinner in Las Rosas(once again). I'm seriously gonna miss that restaurant.. :) |
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Walk in the nearby park :)         |
Time after Heidi's flight back home: Firstly, I had to say goodbye to all of the people in my practical training. It was really a rough day. I fell in love with the place, it's atmosphere and all the people that work in there. I spent so many awesome moments with the elderly and they will really have a place in my heart forever. They gave me back my gerontology-loving me, since before the practical training I really had been doubting if I really wanted to work with the elderly anymore. So I lost myself for a while, and then I found me again, thanks to these amazing people who had the patience and positive attitude to let me be their "sister"(hoitaja) and help them. <3
I also got some awesome friends from the practical training place. Some same-spirited people as I am myself and we had the best times with them before I left. I would have loved to spend some more time with them if only I could, but I had to go. They gave me the sweetest goodbye present ever! I will definitely visit these people in the future. <3
Well, then during the last week my greatest partyplanner Tessa took me for our last craaaazy Dutch trip to Leeuwarden, to Friesland. In that time there was actually something happening in Leeuwarden: The Serious Request. It is an charity event and during this approx week period there are 3 radio DJ's(from 3FM radio channel) living in a glass house. They are making a radio program for the whole week and living in the house, not eating anything, just drinking. They are making money by people requesting songs and donating money at the same time. It was the coolest charity event I've ever heard of, this should definitely be copied in Finland :D
There were a lot of people in the day we went there. This was the day the whole event started. It was so cool when people were waiting for the gates to be opened and the glass house for throughly be revealed. Before the revealing of the house we were to see Tessa's boyfriends band: DAT ASS! and man it was good! I never listen to this kind of music, but I liked them a lot. Here's some pictures of the event and our trip :)
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| DAT ASS |
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| The ugly tower of Friesland.. It's going all "tower of Pisa" :D |
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| Tessa and me(the deer) |
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| Tessa loves her polarbears.. That's why she'll visit me in Finland.. :DD |
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| In here they're finally revealing the glass house :) |
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| Let's clean this shit up! |
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| #SR13 #selfieverkeerd |
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| Oliebollen <3 And some asshole just in front of my picture-.- |
We came back from Leeuwarden at the same evening. And then I had to go through another seriously hard goodbye. Iva was leaving home for holidays that evening and I had to say goodbye to her. I had so may great parties with her and I'm so glad I met her, my Czech princess<3 I remember not knowing what to say when I had to say goobye. I could always visit her, but then it's never the same. I realized I couldn't anymore go to her and Petra's room downstairs and just talk talk talk and chill. I knew, this is it. THE END. It kind of sounds dramatic, but hey, it was dramatic. These people will always stay in my heart. <3
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| Iva and I <3 I LOVE YOU GIRL <3 |
I left on Friday the 20th of December. The day was hard. I had to say goodbye to other people, like my class in Windesheim and especially Petra. She has also changed me forever, she taught me things I couldn't have imagined: she actually taught me to be a better person, if only for once in a week. I thank her for that.
Tessa, my love, was so kind to come and escort me to the airport. I had so much luggage I couldn't have done that without her. We spent our last hours together at Amsterdam Schiphol airport. Then I had to say crycry goodbyes to her as well. <3
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| My Tessa <3 And oliebollen <3 #oliebollenselfie |
The flight to Finland went, to say the least, bumpily. There was a lot of turbulence during the flight, and the stewards almost didn't have time to serve us dinner at all :D Well, at least I got a planesefie, since I attacked to be the first in the plane after business class travellers, who BTW weren't wearing any suits this time, only sneakers and winterjackets. So, they were lousy businessclass travellers. Here's my planeselfie :)
Then I came home and there they were, my parents, waiting for me <3 It was so great to see them after such a long time.
So, I've been home now for 3 weeks. It's been really hectic and it's quite hard to say how am I, because I haven't really had time to think about it. There are some mixed feelings tossing and turning in my head.
From the very beginning when I set my foot in Finnish ground so to speak, I was working and after that I was working and working and working for two weeks. One of the weeks of my "three-week-holiday" I spent at home, doing school work. I also had some time to see my godson during my vacation. I noticed I really missed him. :)
What did I bring with me from Holland to Finland?
- Wooden shoes, how could I have not bought any, they're so cute :D AND NO, I didn't bring weed to anyone.
- Improved English skills(at least in bullshitttalk part of skills) and some Dutch skills
- Whole lot new clothes(PRIMARK <3)
- 2x23 kg bags.. Hand luggage was supposed to be 8 kilos, mine was like 20 but I'm glad they didn't check :D
- A Broken camera - my camera broke so the last ones of the pictures will be taken with my phone
- Self-confidence
- Priceless memories of the great people I met and the events that occured - oh god, writing this made me cry.. :'(
- A pile of stuff(all the train tickets, broschures etc.) I'm later going to collect together and make into a scrapbook. In that book there will be also all of the pictures I took. It's going to be something I can show to my grandchildren if there ever should be any.¨
- And so much more I can't even describe!
This trip was something so amazing. I remember I wasn't supposed to go anywhere at all. But after some changes in my life situations I was so ready to get out of Finland for a while, and just take time for me, myself and I. And I'm glad I did. It grew me so much as a person!
I'm stopping now, because apparently I could be thanking people all blog long, but I'm taking the easy way, and I'm just going to say:
THANK YOU <3
And PS. I love Holland
-Oona-
