Day 4 – 17/04/26

Today was a calm school day. We went to classes together, we did our work, and met more people. After school, we separated because each of us would spend the weekend with our Finnish host family.

Enrique:
After school and having something to eat at home, Jimi and I went for a walk in a forest near our house. We passed by some lakes where people usually swim after the sauna. After the walk, we went back home to pack some things for our trip to Lapland, in the north of Finland, where there is still some snow and where we will see things that are hard to find in Tampere. Once everything was ready and we had eaten, we went to the train station to take a train to Kolari. The journey takes about 10 hours, and we will spend the night on the train.

Ignacio:

After school, we went back home, had something to eat, and got ready to go to the family’s cottage. It was located outside the city, about an hour and fifteen minutes away by car. When we arrived, they showed me the cottage and some of the rooms, and we went for a walk around the area, which belongs to the family. I also saw other cottages owned by some of their family. Later, we had dinner salmon with sauce and they explained that salmon is a very typical fish in Finland.