Well, I've lived here in Jyväskylä for a bit over a week now and I've been way too busy to write. I literally haven't had enough hours in a day to do it. So now that it is all starting to calm down, I can write down some thoughts.
Leaving Helsinki was really weird. I didn't quite realize I left for good until a while ago that I started connecting this place to my "home". However, I am happy with the change since this city feels more warm (literally as well since it's been almost +20 these past days) and friendly.
I was so nervous about the first day. Soon I noticed how nice my classmates seemed and I felt so relieved that I had been afraid of stupid things. Now that we've been closely together for a week I can say I have got to know many of them much better and we even have a WhatsApp-group which means I've made friends! I found people who are similar to me so we enjoy spending time with each other.
Last week I basically left at 9am and returned at 9pm and I was entirely exhausted so a weekend of camp activities couldn't have come at a better time. Besides, I got leftover food so I'm covered for this week!
The courses started yesterday with an interesting aspect since my first lesson was in Spanish, next one in English and the last one in Finnish. I received the right to study Spanish as a minor subject, yippee! I had to take a test and almost half of us didn't get it. But well, now that I got it, my year will be spent learning about grammar, language study, academic writing, the history of the English-speaking world, Spanish and pedagogical themes. Seems like I'll be a lot wiser next spring!
Some highlights: we talk in English with each other even with Finnish teachers, which I like a lot! History-teacher is a really sweet Hungarian lady, who managed to keep my interest level up the entire two-hour lecture. I drew a horse and had to write "a horse" next to it to clarify what it is and laughed so much with my new friend. I have cursed the "Brooklyn Bridge" of Kuokkala a hundred times already but I still love my neighborhood with the lake view and the trees.
Now that I've managed to do some laundry as well and have clean clothes to go on with, I will finish this and relax for a while before another exciting day full of learning about the university life and the English-speaking world today, since that is the course I'll be attending tomorrow.
Confusing and not at all organized and structured as I'll be required to write in class. To be continued.
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