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My favourite things about this blog is, that I just tend to drop off the face of the earth

Es ist nicht mehr April 2022 (sondern quasi schon fast April 2025), aber ich reaktiviere diesen Blog mal wieder. Diesmal bin ich für voraussichtlich 3 Jahre nach Rovaniemi gezogen, um eine Dissertation zum Thema Bürgerbeteiligung im Gesundheitswesen zu schreiben.

Week 14: 04.-10.04.2022

What did I do this week? You've guessed it. Studying. LOL. Stressing. Finished one big assignment for Germany. Stressed some more. And then I spent the weekend on Aland with some friends, which was wonderful.

We had a snow storm when I returned from Oslo, which brought back the winter. In Finnish this is called "takka talvi", back winter, so another winter after the normal one.

On Wednesday I got up at 6AM, walked to the bus station, and went to Naantali, to see the Muuminworld:

On Thursday there was a big student festival in Turku, which I sadly didnt get any tickets for. But it was a great opportunity to see some students life and overalls:

We took the ferry to Aland early Friday morning and stayed the weekend in Mariehamn.

Stay healthy everyone! <3

Week 13: 28.03.-03.04.2022

Whoo, Oslo week!

Also known as stressing around for three days, doing lots of work on trains and in airports, and spending extraordinary amounts of money on public transport and good food.

I loved the new public library, touring the islands, doing small hikes, but mostly spending time with my sister.

Cant wait to return to Oslo in the summer!

Stay healthy everybody!! <3

Week 12: 21.-27.03.

Well, to be honest: This was another study week. I also met friends, had good food, met my tandem, and stressed around.

Here is one of the most beautiful buildings in Turku in my opinion:

And I saw so many beautiful sunsets, heres one:

On the weekend I went to Hirvensalo with Jannes, and saw a beautiful modern church:

Stay healthy everyone!

Week 11: 14.-20.03.

In this week I mostly had to catch up on studying - so much studying. In between all that I bought this new sweater:

I also went on a nice hike with my Finnish Friend, to a near-by swamp area:

Stay healthy everyone!

Week 10 (07.-13.03.): 09.03. on the Pieni Karhunkierros

Week 10 (07.-13.03.): Valtavaaran hike in Ruka 07.03.

Week 9 (28.02.-06.03.)

In week 9 I had a visitor from Germany, met my Finnish friend a couple of times, and had lots of amazing food outside of my house :D Not good for the budget, but good for the soul. I was also drowning in uni work, didnt sleep a lot, and barely spent any time in nature.

On Monday morning I went for a quick run and was rewarded with these wonderful views:

I also finally took a picture of the gorgeous building my Finnish literature class is taught in:

Saturday night some beautiful Northern lights stole my sleep:

Then, on Sunday, I wrapped up everything here in Turku, and travelled to Helsinki in preparation of my vacation. The city was empty and sunny and beautiful as always:

Stay healthy and safe everyone!!

<3

Week 8 (21.-27.02.2022)

Tampere - even in the greyest, most awful rainy weather, the city did not disappoint! I visited on Thursday with a couple of friends, and had a perfect Tampere day. Student lunch, a bit of sightseeing, and then we went to the former Finlayson factory area. And yes, I did buy another towel. We also had a Tampere delicacy, munkki, and spent a lot of time in small (second-hand) shops and cafes. Ill be back!

After a study day on Friday I went to Isosuo, a small nature reserve south of the airport. The weather was a dream, and its nice to have a swamp in such close proximity - and to have breakfast outside!

On sunday we planned on doing a small hike and ended up spending all day on Ruissalo, with a really diverse group of people. I also finally did a track on Ruissalo far away from the road, that I really enjoyed.

Last but not least: This Muumin cup is now on sale at the second hand store :D Still a little outside of my budget.

Stay healthy and safe everyone! <3

Week 7 (14.02.-20.02.2022)

Week 7 was mostly spending lots of late nights with friends, dancing, watching movies and struggling to get all my home work done.

On Friday I finally visited the national park just north of Turku, Kurjenrahka. While the weather forecast did not keep its promises, we really enjoyed our track and have vowed to come back in spring.

On Sunday I spent some time leisurely strolling town (together with the rest of Turku, LOL). It was nice to finally not have somewhere to go, and just take a walk around.

Stay safe and healthy everyone!!! <3

Week 6 (07.02.-13.02.)

The weather in week 6 was quite mixed, but we did have a lot of sun and snow. I enjoyed some nice walks around the university hill and town in between studying at the library.

On Thursday night we even had the faintest Northern Lights in Turku!

On Friday we took our customary weekly hike, visiting an area named Katariinanlaakso. The weather was gorgeous, but the ground was exceptionally slippery. Luckily I had my 40€ spikes, so I could walk pretty much normally and assist the others!

We shortened our way back by walking over the frozen baltic sea:

On saturday we went to Teijon kansallispuisto again (a definite all time favorite!). The weather was also awesome, and there was lots of snow.

Week 5 (31.01.-06.02.)

In this week I was mostly just catching up on work, house and social tasks that I left laying around while enjoying my time in Levi at the end of January.

I had my first class in person:

And spend a lot of time in different libraries working on assignments:

I finally started spending a lot of time at university, on Yliopistonmäki, the university hill. All the buildings and cafeterias have really clever names, Ill have to do a blog post on them soon. Many days I was rewarded after studying with fantastic weather and amazing views:

On the weekend I explored the neighboorhood behind my house for a bit, walking a track along Aurajoki:

And on Sunday, highlight of my week, I went to Järvelä, a really cool outdoor spa in Turku. They have 3 hot tubs, 4 saunas and I went ice swimming (or rather ice dipping, if we are being honest). Its a great place and Ill definitely come here often:

Stay healthy everyone <3

Week 4 (24.-30.01.2022)

Last week I spent an amazing vacation in Levi, Lapland. I went cross-country-skiing, hiking, to a spa, and of course watched the Northern lights. Temperatures ranged from -9 to -25 degrees and the weather was fantastic most days.

Now my only problem is getting back to real life and uni work.

Stay healthy (& negative) everyone!!

Teijo nationalpark <3

Week 3 (17.-23.01.22)

The week before last I mostly took care of administrative stuff, went to my classes and bought stuff for my Lapland trip.

On Friday I went on a really cool hike in Teijo nationalpark with my friends Wanda and Martin. We did a loop around a lake and made sausages over the fire. The place is really nice, in the village where the bus stops we could even get cake and hot chocolate. Ill post the pictures in a seperate carousel, so look out for that!

I also chose a book to read for my Finnish literature class. I borrowed it from the library in Finnish and German - and then proceeded to barely read it until now.

Took this pic of the beautiful library when I was there!

Stay healthy and safe everybody,

Lisa

A few of the best pictures from Week 2 <3

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