Here we go! Trip to Lapland!
It started with an outrageous 16 hour bus ride, in a bus jammed with 45 exchange students! Exchange students are a loud bunch of individuals making it very challenging to get any sleep over the entire ride! Once we got there it was -20 degrees C which I think is about 0 degrees F, so not to bad at all however one of my good friends who trekked here from Mexico was not so thrilled on this temperature! He kept asking me questions like, "Hey dude, is it normal for my nose to kinda hurt? Inside when I breathe there is ICE!? Is that okay?" and when I asked him if his feet were cold he smiled and looked at me and said "Nope, I have 3 pairs of sox on! Screw style man its cold!!!" However everyone seemed to be having a great time! I went skiing for 2 days while up there, it was barely skiing by my definition. There were 2 T-bars going up a single run, thats it. I was just excited to be skiing with my friends though.
The third day I was up there was a day I will never forget! It started with going to a reindeer farm and feeding reindeer and learning about the old and new ways of the farm! Super interesting! Then we went to this nature place and watched a video about the animals that live in Lapland! Also very cool! Then here is where it gets really interesting! We went to lunch, had meatballs, my favorite! Then we snowshoed about half a mile to a reindeer track where we got to ride behind reindeer! Sounds fun but it was actually kinda scary, cause they were semi-wild reindeer and there was no one leading them, they were suppose to just follow the trail! Then we walked some more to a Husky Farm!!! There were 400 huskies there! We were fortunate enough to get suited up and go for some rides on the sleds behind them! Such an amazing experience to be pulled by such cool animals! Got to see some puppies too!
The next day we got to go to meet the big man himself, Santa! Every kids dream, not even joking the real santa lives in Finland, look it up! I'm not crazy! Santa is real! Didn't get to meet any elves though, kinda bummed about that! It was really cool though! There were probably 15 gift shops in this 2 block area! To get your picture with the big guy too, they were asking for your life savings! So i just told him what I wanted, asked if I had been naughty or nice, even though I knew the answer! Then told him I would see him in a few weeks and that was that! Then hopped back on to the bus and drove to dinner. All 125 exchange students got to eat at some hotel place and then say our goodbyes. It was tough because some of these people I may never see again, and thats a big thought to rap your head around when your saying goodbye to someone! It was tough but once back on the bus it was fun and games for the next 16 hours until I got home!
I just realized while looking back at this post how many exclamation points there are. I guess I am just very excited to be here having so much fun! I'll get a new blog posted about how my Finnish Christmas goes!
For now, One Love
Be safe, and Enjoy Today
