Category: Finland
Moving to Finland for a job !
Spring is coming… maybe !
A bit more stories about my life in Finland… I can’t really talk much about my job, because it’s a nuclear power plant and I am not supposed to say anything about it 😉 But I started to learn German, speaking with my colleagues, with internet vocabulary lessons and even…
Top 10 reasons for being…
For my friends all around the word, the little joke of the day at work : TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING DUTCH 1. You can get arrested for growing plants, but not for smoking them. 2. You can make jokes about the Belgians and still drink their beer. 3. a.…
Sunset, sauna…
This time you can have some pictures of the sunsets from the car park of the construction site… it was pretty nice ! With Christina and some friends of her, we went to a public sauna one evening. It was awesome, specially the part that the sauna is next to…
Quick news…
…. but not much to say, I am working all week, so not really a lot of things to say… Last Sunday, I went walking on the frozen sea from the beach… not too much, because it was quite soft and melting…but interesting feeling to walk on “water”! I ordered…
Second week in Finland !
After my first entire week at work, on Friday, we went out. Before that, just to be sure we would be brave enough to walk to the center in the night and cold, we drank a little bit of some specialities : The Salmiakki (the liquorice / vodka), the Minttu…
First week in Finland
I had the time last week end to discover a very very interesting place : a supermarket ! I stayed at least 2 hours the first time I went in alone, with my dictionnary, cause I needed to translate every single word. The best exemple is the nutmeg, that I…
Results of the games…
My bags were 20kg for the suitcase and 18kg for my backpack… Who’s the winner ?? …………………………….. Clairette !!! Congratulations !! ———————————— The temperature when I landed in Helsinki Last Thursday was -15degrees… Not too bad ! Not less than what you actually have in France 🙂 Now it is…
Trip to Finland and my new home
In the plane, I had some beautiful views… The first one, just after the take off in Geneva, just when we got out of the clouds : Beautiful view on the Alpen… The second one was the landing in Helsinki, and the sunset, a huge red big ball was looking…
Arrived to Rauma
After a long day in airports and planes and buses, I am now in Rauma, I met Sanna, my “roommate” when she came to pick me up at the bus station. I will tell you more about everything later; I am tired and need to sleep! Please remember that here…
Leaving France
The question of the last days was: will everything fit in my suitcase? Err no, and the really first question was: do I have a suitcase big enough to move to Finland? Hell, no! The biggest one I had was only 97 liters… and it is not enough when you…