Jyväskylä, Finland - 29th April 2012
By: mmm105
Hey mom!
I was outside today, because there's so nice sunshine there.
It was nice to walk next to the lake and see how spring is totally here.
I saw the first small flowers of this year's spring, and first leaf in the trees. Also some birds and beautiful landscape!
Hostmom is living just next to this beautiful lake. Oh, she is so lucky!
Love,
Telie
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Posted Apr 29, 2012, 4:59 pm
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Jyväskylä, Finland - 30th April 2012
By: mmm105
Hey mommy!
I have had such a great time today!
It's a day before the May Day, so it's time to celebrate and have a party!
In the May Day Eve (April 30th) and May Day (May 1st) Finnish people are celebrating, too. May Day is almost like a spring carneval or festival in Finland.
We decided to have a fancy dress party. It was really fun!
We dressed ourselves as ourselves.
Mommy, I'm here!!! (No, I was only kidding!!! It's Finfin, who has dressed and now pretending to be me!)
But here are we all:
Mommy, guess who I'm pretending to be.
Yes, I'm like Mo
We all have so much fun!
PinkLady is pretending to be Finfin, Tokki is pretending to be Ronja, Finfin is pretending to be Telie, Ronja is pretending to be Sylvia, Mo is pretending to be Porridge, Sylvia is pretending to be Tokki, Porridge is pretending to be PinkLady.
Love,
Telie
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Posted May 1, 2012, 7:16 pm Last edited May 1, 2012, 7:17 pm by mmm105
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Jyväskylä, Finland - 30th April 2012
By: mmm105
Hello mom!
Party goes on! How cool!
It's May Day Eve today, and I tasted something Finnish May Day sweet. They called it as tippaleipä (=funnel cake).
Wikipedia says this about funnel cakes (click) "Funnel cakes are made by pouring unleavened batter into hot cooking oil in a circular pattern and deep frying the overlapping mass until golden-brown. When made at concession stands, a pitcher with an integral funnel spout is employed. Funnel cakes are typically served plain with powdered sugar."
And a drink is sima.
Wikipedia says this about sima (click)
"Sima is a sweet mead, still an essential seasonal, sparkling brew connected with the Finnish Vappu festival. It is usually spiced by adding both the flesh and rind of a lemon. During secondary fermentation raisins are added to control the amount of sugars and to act as an indicator of readiness for consumption — they will swell by absorbing carbon dioxide and rise to the top of the bottle when the drink is ready."
It was so yummy!
Every year in May Day Eve, the statue of Minna Canth has got a special hat, ylioppilaslakki (=white cap). It's always few students, who can put the hat on the Minna Canth's head.
Here's some pictures about that seremony:
Hostmom told me, that not all can own this special white cap. Only they, who has successfully completed the upper secondary school final exams, matriculation examinations, can have those white caps. And this time of the year, Vappu (May Day), is the time for celebrate this.
When we were back inside, I could try hostmom's white cap.
Do I look cool, mom?
Love,
Telie
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Posted May 1, 2012, 8:38 pm
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Jyväskylä, Finland - 2nd May 2012
By: mmm105
Hello mommy!
Today I had really exiting day!
Guess what I did? Hostmom took me with her to a postcrossing meeting! The meeting was in a postcard shop named Harjun Paperi, in the Jyväskylä city center.
It was really fun! I met other nice Finnish people, and a real living dog, too! But don't worry mom, the dog was very kind.
I wrote postcards, and asked all to write their names in my own small notebook, eat some little snacks, and have a little adventure in the shop between all those wonderful postcards and other little stuff there. And guess what mom? There were also many little frogs there, too! I had a great time as you can see from photos.
Love,
Telie
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Posted May 2, 2012, 8:59 pm
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Jyväskylä, Finland - 5th May 2012
By: mmm105
Hi mommy!
At first, I want to say this warning to everyone, who is reading this...
IF YOU ARE AFRAID OF SPIDERS OR SOME OTHER SMALL BUGS, DON'T READ THIS UPDATE!
Well, now it has been said, and I can continue to tell you, what I have done.
I did today something really exiting! Mommy, can you guess what I did? It's related to spiders!!! How cool! I tell you that little bit later...
First, I need to go outside, because we all walked to this "secret-spider-place". But, it was raining, and it wasn't quiet raining. It was raining a lot!
But don't worry mom, I didn't get wet, I got my umbrella with me.
And now it's time to tell you, mom, where I was going. I visited to see the Tarantula Birdspider Exhibition (more info: click here ) <--- I'm sorry, it's Finnish
There were many different big spiders, tarantulas, and other bugs and butterflies, too, showed from all over the World.
First, I saw some really beautiful butterflies. Some of them were SO BIG sized.
...And some bugs...
...And some cool and BIG sized spiders!
This one was the biggest tarantula in the exhibition.
I'm sorry about the quality of photos, but there were difficult lights for taking photos in that exhibition room.
This spider is just going to under his tree-cave. Can you see it, mom?
I saw a real living scorpion!
And here are the most beautiful butterflies of the exhibition in closer look:
Love,
Telie
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Posted May 6, 2012, 4:56 pm
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Jyväskylä, Finland - 6th May 2012
By: mmm105
Hello mommy!
I was watching the really B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L sunset in hostmom's backyard today.
I think the nature in Finland looks very beautiful, indeed!
And I think my hostmom is really lucky to live in this environmental, just next to this small lake.
Love,
Telie
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Posted May 6, 2012, 9:47 pm
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Jyväskylä, Finland - 7th May 2012
By: mmm105
Hey!
Look! I'm riding a bike! How cool!
Greetings,
Telie
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Posted May 7, 2012, 9:13 pm
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Jyväskylä, Finland - 8th May 2012
By: mmm105
Hi mommy!
I had a fantastic and so funny day today!!!
I visited in the amusement park named Suomen Tivoli!!!
I was there with all other ToyVoyagers. And guess what? We met a new puppy toy (look the second photo). He wasn't a ToyVoyager, he was with one employer of the amusement park. He came to sit next to us to the bench, and he was in the same photo with us!
There were so many crazy things in that amusement park. And I was so brave, because I went to The Giant Wheel. It was so exiting, but I really liked the views. Hostmom took good care of me, I was in her lap or in her hands all the time.
Hostmom told me this Suomen Tivoli is the travelling amusement park. It stays some times in one city, and then it travels to the other city, and it travels in different parts of Finland.
I had a really great time today!
Love,
Telie
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Posted May 8, 2012, 7:51 pm
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Jyväskylä, Finland - 9th May 2012
By: mmm105
Hey mommy!
Because hostmom feels like she propably going to have a flu, we all stayed inside today, and just relax.
I found today's newspaper Keskisuomalainen, and I read it. But mommy, all is written in Finnish! So weird language!!!
So, I concentrated to watch the pictures, and offcourse the weather forecast.
Love,
Telie
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Posted May 9, 2012, 4:42 pm
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