Day 1 and 2

8:41 pm
I am on the plane, slowly waiting and waiting for time to pass, waiting for my destination to become closer, waiting for this amazing adventure to begin. The day began early, Remi woke me up at like 8 and I couldn't get backto sleep. I was too excited for the adventure to commence! The airport was difficult, everyone cried. I tried my best not to but a few slipped out. It has now been 2 hours since I've left and I'm just trying not to think about it too much. 5 hours of flight ahead of me. I started to watch the notebook (saddest movie of life) which I have never watched from start to finish. (still). The movie shut off half way through when I tried to see how far we were yet. When I looked out the window I saw land and I thought 'we are in Europe already?!?!' no.... We weren't even out of Canada yet. Crossed the gulf of st Lawrence and were approaching New Foundland and Labrador. After watching a beautiful sunset, we headed off for the wide open ocean. To most people, this is the scariest part of flying. To me, it's my favorite. There is nothing about the idea of a wide open ocean that scares me. It's freeing and calming. The notebook shut off and I was too lazy to fast forward through the first hour. I decided to watch glee, but it's really not that great anymore. Glee project is way bettter (MOM IF YOU ARE READING THIS PLEASE TELL ME WHO IS STILL THERE!!!) :) I think I might just listen to music soon, and drift into sleep. If only this crying baby will stop... Sometimes I seriously wonder why people choose to bring their kids on long flights. Flight has been okay so far, kind of like Karn road when your stomach flips and flops. Lots of turbulence so seatbelt light has been on for 2 hours now, which means I can't even go to the bathroom :( but I'm going to go to sleep soon because my body and brain are both exhausted. Been a long day and if I don't sleep, today will extend into tomorrow and then I'll be even more tired. 9 hours of flying + 4 hour layover + 7 hours time change + excitement + stress= one tired Alyssa.
Best part of today, getting a nice burger and fries at the airport for only 7 dollars (score).
Worst part of today, can't decide whether it's the baby that won't stop crying or the lack of good movies on this tv. Either way it sucks, but the adventure begins. Finland here I come :)
xxxx, lyss

9:53pm
Ya can't sleep. Ididnt think the earplugs would make a huge difference but they did. Still couldn't eliminate the baby crying or the sounds of the jets right outside my window. Such a beautiful view at night. Above the wing, I can see nothing but stars, and below the wing, a sheet of puffy clouds. This is why I love flying. Sitting here thinking about how lucky I am to be on this wonderful. Listening to slow music trying to put myself to sleep, it's not working... Lalallala i am somewhere over the atlanic ocean. Want to be in finland already, can't we fast forward through the flight and the layover. Wish I wasn't so excited because then maybe I would sleep and time would pass faster!
12:19 am/ 5:19 am (where I'm flying)
Slept about 20 minutes wooooooo! But I'm not even that tired, yet.... Approx 1 more hour of flying and one more time zone until I can finally sit somewhere more comfortable. Flying over Ireland and enjoying a beautiful sunrise :) just need a hot lemon tea and I'd be ready to go! Finland here I cooooooome!
Idk what time it is at home/10:24 in Brussels
Arrived and just waiting for our plane to arrive. Gate isn't even open until 11. Shouldnt we be boarding the plane at 11? :s aaaaanyways ya so excited!!!! Only slept 20 mins in the last 48 hours so its surprising I'm even awake. One more flight. Then Finland :)
Around 3:30 pm Helsinki airport
So we for off the plane and followed the signs to border control just like they told us to on the plane. When I got to the wicket, the guy freaked out on me because I was in the wrong place. Apparently we didn't have to go through customs and were in the complete wrong spot. So we found the girl that I sat with on the plane, (3 week exchanger in Belgium through lions) who was also in the wrong place and she helped us detour through all the Finnish signs to finally find our bags. Turns out, she only lives about 20 minutes from Siilinjärvi.

5:11pm/ 9:11 in Canada 
Finally here but exhausted. Going to language camp now, apparently it's a 3-4 hour drive, after a full day of traveling. We are just ready to go to bed. Going to be a good sleep tonight!! Oh and I just met someone who lives in Germany and has a pet chipmunk. She was absolutely shocked go hear that they are wild in Canada and run around wherever they want and aren't anybody's pet. She was shocked. also, been sitting on this bus since 4 o clock.. Still haven't left yet and it's already 6:20. We're all sitting on the bus sharing candy from our home countries <3 Oh and also, not all of our luggage would fit in the bus so we had to fill the aisles, under the seats PLUS a van and a trailer full of bags. ooooops :)
Ps: havent decided when day 1 is going to end yet. Considering I've been awake for about 36 hours so far I'd say that day 1 hasn't even ended for me yet. Bus is finally moving and i am headed for a nap and then some fun with everyone else!! so beautiful. everywhere you go. Even if you are within a city, its like being in northern Ontario. There are lakes rocks grass and trees EVERYWHERE. Seriously, we have been driving for 2 hours (and although I slept an hour and a half) I havent seen barely any parking lots. Maximize green space= YES. I love this country so much already. Remember my plan to move to parry sound and have a house on a lake and a boat and a dog? I might just relocate that plan to Finland. In northern Ontario, there's not really any big city centers anywhere close to go to. Well in Finland, the country and cottage country (where the lakes and cottages are) are within the city as well. I have been here not even 5 hours (1 in the airport, 2 in a bus sitting in a parking lot, and 2 driving) and I already love this country so much. And I just drove past an Ikea in the middle of nowhere <3. the horrible thing about language camp so far; none of us were told that it was a 3-4 hour drive. Most of us were expecting to be in bed by 7pm. It's now 8:30 and we are nowhere near camp nor sleep.