Finland 2012-2013: day 42, 43, and 44.

okay day 42, i went to school. Don't really remember if anything exciting happened because it was so long ago, but after that I went for pizza with Roosa and then came back here and packed for Nurmes. :)
At like 5:30, we left for Nurmes and arrived there around 6:45. We had coffee and snacks and just hung out and then went to sauna and then went to bed.

Day 43, we woke up around 9:30 or 10, made breakfast, and hung out for a bit. Minna started reading a book. She finished it by the end of the day.. Apparently it was a good book!!!
At about 11:30, we went into 'downtown' Nurmes, which technically was smaller than Siilinjarvi but seemed a lot bigger. I dont know why. But we went to the town's 3 clothing stores, because Minna needed new jeans. We didn't find any though. We also started to look at winter coats for me but not many stores have them out yet!After a very unsuccessful shopping trip, we went to the grocery store. We bought lots of candy and food and then went back to Terhi and Pekka's house, which was kind of in the middle of the woods. It was so pretty though. :)

We watched Camp Rock 2, (I miss family channel) and then went for a walk around the property where I took some photos. I have discovered that my camera takes REALLY nice pictures (THANKS SARAH :D) and really loves the sun.

pond

Lingenberries!

Terhi and Pekka's house. Originally built in the 1900's. On the inside (which I somehow managed not to get pictures of... ) it is like a log cabin. Its so cool.

Later in the night, we went to this spa/hotel thing where there's a public pool. And we went swimming in the pool and then there's a pool outside, which is right on the lake and the view is so pretty. And then, bringing out the daredevil exchange student in me, I went swimming in the lake. I can't even say it was cold because you know, I couldn't really feel my skin... We think the water was somewhere between 8-12 degrees celsius. COLD for water. And it was really windy which made it worse. BUT YA I SWAM IN A LAKE IN THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER WHICH WAS REALLY COLD, WAHOOOOOOOOOO.
So then I went home and went to bed. :)

Day 44

We woke up late cuz we sleep a LOT, around 10 again. Made breakfast, and then we went to visit Terhi and Outi's father, (who I also met the day before, forgot to mention that...) at his house. I didn't really know what was going on the whole time because the people that were there didnt speak english :D BUT we ate these really good apple things. MMM. they were good :)

After that, we went to be tourists and went back to the Hotel where I was the night before to take some pictures and explore. There is this building there that used to be in the part of Finland that is now owned by Russia. Its the only building in all of finland thats like it. I forget what its called but its like a huge house where the animals live on the bottom floor and the humans and the hay are on the top floor. Its kind of weird if you think about it . We went inside and it was cool, really dark though. BUT YA.

heres more pictures

here you can see the outdoor pool that i swam in as well as the lake! in that building in the winter, they cut a hole in the ice so you can go ice water swimming.