its been a while, eh?
well now i'm in espoo, finland (es-poe like edgar allen). its so gorgeous here! it kind of reminds me of colorado in a way, except that there's a sea in my backyard! how sweet is that?
so anyway... about thailand... it was quite an experience. honestly, sleeping on a mat, dumping a bucket over my head for showers, not having soap or TP in bathrooms, and eating stuff i would normally eat for dinner for breakfast has totally taught me how thankful i should be about the things i already have. i got to finland and have a BED!!!, and soap to actually clean myself!!!, i ate cereal for breakfast, and i knew what everything i was eating actually was at dinner!!!, its incredibly how much you take for granted. even today when i went to wash my hands and had soap, paper towels and warm water it brought me into a better awareness of how lucky we really do have it!!
so i've been in finland since thursday?... i think :S. i really really love it. my host family rocks! my host mom owns her own business and my host dad was a navy officer who taught the divers (rescue divers, bomb-blower-upper divers, etc.) and he sure looks like it!! haha, and my host brothers are amazing alpine skiiers. you should see all of their trophy's.... and the bike that robert won, and you should really hear sabastian play the piano. i love it. OOH the best part!!! they have a yellow lab!!! just like ben at home... i miss him. hehe. they're so fun, and i've learned TONS from them. they have a lot of stories about finland and just funny things that have happened to them. its awesome.
i worked in schools for my Community Impact. that was fun. i met an alumni named Riikka who is a doll, i really admire her. she actually studied in maine even though she's from finland and is now a teacher.
we had our first european encore!!! it was incredible!!! the show was awesome, even though i really messed up a couple times :S...
today my host family, jalee and i went on a tour boat for our free day and rode around the islands around helsinki, then we went east to a tiny little storybook village with authentic cobblestones and adorable little houses. then we went to a friend of the family's who is hosting 2 other uppies and had tea and dessert. we also played some ping-pong, dodgeball, and blow-ball all in one. :D i LOVE
we came home and got in a finnish sauna and i just got out. saunas are SO popular here! its really interesting.
by the way... if you have any questions or comments or anything you can email me at pink_hunny_7@hotmail.com
we also have a cast blog at www.castc2007.com
hope you enjoy!
much love
--callie
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