Well, I'm sitting here in Hanna's lovely home, enjoying a quiet evening with Amy and Hanna. The morning began early after a sad night at Hanna's going away party. Bonn finally perked up and cooperated weatherwise, so we sat outside for a lovely evening of saying goodbyes. Unfortunately, I may have ended up having a little bit too much to drink...so waking up at 4:30 to catch our flight to Helsinki was a little bit painful. I realize that by going home with Hanna, I'm experiencing saying goodbye to Bonn twice. I was almost as teary as Hanna as we lifted off of German soil because we both knew she would not be back. It caught me off guard to walk through the airport where I, too, will have to leave the place I love, the place I've found a second home, for a long time. It's been an emotional couple of days. It kills me that I'll have to end this trip to Finland with a goodbye to Hanna...it's one of those things that you're not sure how you'll survive, but you just have to trust that tomorrow you'll still be breathing, still be eating up chocolate like it was going out of style...still be living. And not just getting by, but living. I don't want to live my new life in Madison just waiting for the next opportunity...I want to live in the moment. But then, I guess I'm getting ahead of myself and I can't be perfect anyway.
So anyway, in Finland so far we have basically just recovered from last night/six months worth of traveling/not having a home and watched TV on the couch. We met up with Viivi, Hanna's Finnish friend and walked around Helsinki. Helsinki reminds me of a city that's caught in a countryside. There's a beautiful bay here with cattails and lots of greenery. We sat at a small café and drank Finnish tea and ate Finnish pastries and listened to the rustle of the grass. A little windy and chilly, but totally reminicent of being at a cottage...out of a city. It's crazy that there are only 500,000 people in Helsinki, and only 5,000,000 people on Earth speak Finnish. I'm trying to learn a few words but I have been told it's not going so well...
Alright, enough for now, time to enjoy a bedtime snack with my ladies. I will post more later about this experience.
So anyway, in Finland so far we have basically just recovered from last night/six months worth of traveling/not having a home and watched TV on the couch. We met up with Viivi, Hanna's Finnish friend and walked around Helsinki. Helsinki reminds me of a city that's caught in a countryside. There's a beautiful bay here with cattails and lots of greenery. We sat at a small café and drank Finnish tea and ate Finnish pastries and listened to the rustle of the grass. A little windy and chilly, but totally reminicent of being at a cottage...out of a city. It's crazy that there are only 500,000 people in Helsinki, and only 5,000,000 people on Earth speak Finnish. I'm trying to learn a few words but I have been told it's not going so well...
Alright, enough for now, time to enjoy a bedtime snack with my ladies. I will post more later about this experience.
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