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It’s time to come back to Finland

Now it’s over.. The atmosphere is plaintive but happy. 🙂 6 weeks is long time to be away from people you love. We are just waiting that we can hear Finnish language, get Finnish food, get to drive by car and of course meet our parents, friends, cats etc.
Our trip to Brussels on Thursday was interesting.

We didnt get to meet Anneli Jäätteenmäki because she had already left to Finland but we met her assistant, Panu Litmanen. He introduced us the whole building, for example Parliamen’s plenary hall and Anneli’s office.

There was a lot of armed soldiers everywhere in Brussels because there was some the terrorist attack in March.

On Friday we met Hans Kok for the last time. We discussed our experiences on the job. Conversation lasted half an hour. In the evening our lessor made finnish dinner for us. Macaronicasserole was really good 🙂

Now we have to go to the center of Egmond buy some souvenirs.

Our flight leave 18.50pm. Let’s see how we will survive with our suitcases.. 😀
Best Regads

Jenni & Iida

Vähiin käy ennenkuin loppuu…

Kerron ensin jotain meidän reissusta LONTOOSSA!!

Reissu oli mah-ta-va! Olemme niin ylpeitä, NIIIN YLPEITÄ itsestämme. Jännitystä, tietämättömyyttä, ‘eksymistä’, uusia kokemuksia, tuntemuksia, odottamista, valvomista, tunteita <3 Niin uskomatonta! Torstai-perjantai välisenä yönä emme siis nukkuneet ollenkaan. Pääsimme reilun tunnin päiväunille hotellille (siis perjantaina klo 14 jälkeen Lontoon aikaa) yli 30tunnin valvomisen jälkeen. (Hotelli sijaitsi Earls Courtissa) Tuon jälkeen lähdimme seikkailemaan. Matkustimme metrolla Oxford Streetille, joka on Lontoon pääkatu, suuuuri sellainen. Otimme kuvia, ihastelimme kaikkea sitä suuruutta, kävimme kaupoilla. Hotellille menimme aikaisin, 20.30. (väsymys!)

Lauantai aamuna aamupalan kautta suuntasimme Victoria Stationille (olimme sopineet kaverini kanssa, joka asuu Englannissa, että tapaisimme). Matkalla tuli muuttujia, olimme hypänneet väärään metroon. Paddingtonissa metrosta ulos ja etsimään oikea metro, tämä kävi helposti 😉 Tuo metroliikenne kävikin loppupeleissä melko tutuksi..

Tapasimme kaverini Emilian, joka toimi matkaoppaanamme tuon lauantaipäivän. Kiertelimme ympäriinsä ja kyselimme ja taas vähän napsittiin kuvia 😉 Lauantai iltana uskaltauduimme London eyeihin (maailmanpyörä) josta saimmekin upeita kuvia:

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Lauantai yönä selvisimme nukkumaan  klo 00.30 ja kerkesimme peräti tunnin nukkua kun piti tavaroita alkaa pakkailemaan. Kahden jälkee lähdimme hotellilta metroasemalle, mutta portit olivatkin kiinni. Pieni panikki meinasi iskeä. Onneksi tuli bussi ja kuskilta kysyimme apua. Hän otti meidät kyytiin ja vei bussiasemalle. Sieltä otimme toisen bussin, joka vei Victoria Stationille, josta jatkoimme junalla Gatchwikin lentoasemalle. Lentoasemalla piti vielä junalla matkustaa pohjoisterminaaliin. Huh. Lähtöselvityksistä ja turvatarkastuksista selviydyttyämme pystyimme jo hieman huokaista. Kuinka ihanaa olikaan päästä ‘tutuille’ seuduillle Amsterdamiin ja siitä omalle kylälle Egmondiin 😀 Sunnuntaina iltapäivällä olimme takaisin omalla asunnolla. Kertakaikkiaan unohtumaton reissu!

Eilen juhlimme läksiäisiämme töissä. Saimme ihanat lahjat kiiitokseksi. Herkisteltiin(minä), tunteiltiin ja kiiteltiin <3

Nyt on koittanut viimeinen työaamu. Tässä jo reilun kaksi tuntia kuunnellut kaatosateen ropinaa ja myrskytuulen ulvontaa. Säätiedoissa varoitellaan keltaisin varotuksin tuulesta: 32km/h (puuskat jopa 60) ja odotetaan pahenevan..

Haikein mielin viimeistä päivää töihin. 🙁
Huomenna viimeinen reissu edessä. LÄHDEMME BRYSSELIIN! Olemme sopineet vierailun Euroopan parlamenttiin, jossa meitä on vastassa eräs europarlamentaarikon avustaja, joka esittelee meille rakennuksen. Hän yrittää myös järjestää tapaamisen yhden mepin kanssa. 🙂

Niiin jännittävää!

Näihin tunnelmiin heippa!

Jenni ja Iida

Reilun viikon päivitys (and mostly in finnish) because…

Now it’s hurry to get to sleep…

Last week went very quickly. Monday, after work, we met danish girl (she picked up for us from our apartment) and we went to Alkmaar together. We went shopping (H&M and PRIMARK!!) and the second of those was amazing! We were in the “shoppingheaven”, i mean for real! There was so lovely clothes and really cheap. We liked! But we went there 15minutes before it closed.:( I have to go there again next week. 🙂

After shopping I wanted food from Mc’Donalds so we went to get some food for me, mmm LEKKER!  (it’s dutch and meaning delicious)

On Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday we didn’t do “anything special”. Just hung out after work. I got sick on Thursday so I had to leave from the work a little bit earlier, it wasn’t nice 🙁

Retkellä eläintarhaan.

Kaikki nämä eläimet olivat vapaana samassa aitauksessa. Elukoita pääsi silittelemään, ottamaan kuvia ym.

Tästä pahaisesta kalkkunasta mulla on oma tarina kerrottavana!! (:D)

On Saturday we were in Alkmaar, there was some historical event. There was some artist whos appeared in the tent – A LOT of people in everywhere!! We had very fun.

On Sunday we made a homemade pizza and again LEKKER, it was hevenly! 😛

About this week..hmm,nothing special. In work of this hole week we changed the diapers, played with the children, helped with dining, crafted with the children… Today we had to say goodbye for one of the worker and i cried! 🙁 We won’t meet her again.

Ihanat Laura & Elma! Meijjän pomot.

Sisäinen luovuus. (saatiin maalata ikkunoita)

BUT THIIIISSS EVENING AND THE NEXT NIGHT IS GOING TO BE SOOOO EXCITING… > We are going to leave to LONDON! Tämän takia tuo aloitus “kiire nukkumaan” jos ehtisi ottaa tunnin parin tirsat ennen “koitosta”.

Hui! Todellakin. Tänä iltana lähdemme viimeisellä linkillä (klo 23.15)täältä Egmondista kohti Alkmaaria. Olemme Alkmaarissa n.klo 23.35. Odotamme tunnin junan saapumista (lähtee 00.30), tänä aikana olisi osattava ostaa automaatista junaliput.

Juna saapuu Schipholin kentälle n. Klo 1.50, jossa joudumme odottamaan 5 Tuntia ennenkuin lentokone lähtee.(lento lähtee perjantai aamuna klo 7.00) Onpahan riittävästi aikaa etsiä oikeat reitit,oikea portti, kysellä,ihmetellä,ehkä nukkua..

Olemme Lontoossa Lutonin lentoasemalla klo 7.00 (Lontoon aikaa,huom.aikaero, lento kestää tunnin). Sieltä olisi osattava suunnistaa oikealla bussilla(?) Earls Courtiin, jossa varaamamme hotelli sijatsee (n.tunnin ajomatkan päässä). Huh! Tosin,pääsemme varaamaamme huoneeseen vasta klo 14.00 joten odottamista odottamisen perään 😉

Lauantaina tapaamme Lontoossa asuvaa kaveriani, joka on lupautunut kiertelemään meidän kanssa kaikki “pakolliset” nähtävyydet 😉 (ollaan ehkä olut jos toinenkin hänelle velkaa vaivannäöstä 😀 )

Lauantai-sunnuntai yönä sama yöseikkailu tiedossa Lontoon päässä, koska lento Amsterdamiin lähtee sunnuntai aamuna klo 7.00 ja eri kentältä johon saavuimme (Gatwickin lentoasemalta tällä kertaa) 🙂

Täällä tytöt vähän niinku reissaa 😉 Kaikki tämä opettaa ja ollaan hurjan innoissamme kaikesta tulevasta 😉

Ens viikolla taas uutta ohjelmaa, kuulette siitä lähempänä 😉 Can’t wait..
Terkkuja Suomeen! Nähdään pian!

Jenni ja Iida

1st full week in Netherlands

First week in Netherlands is over and the second one is starting tomorrow.

Now something for the past week:

Monday, was the first day of  our internship in the Poppenkast. It was exciting and also hard because we didn’t understand what the kids were saying to us and we had to communicate with the gestures and expressions, it worked pretty well.

On the first day we were just standing in the “corner ” and watched what they were doing with the kids.

All of the workers were nice and friendly.We are working 4 days at week, 7h/day.

Tuesday, went the same way as monday. In the evening we went to the beach and the center of Egmond aan Zee.

Wednesday, we went to the beach with a few kids and we were there about 3h. It was so nice that one of those kids spoke good English so we talked a lot with him. That day was one of the best workdays EVER!

In the evening we went other side of the road for dinner to celebrate my nameday. I ordered salad it was good but too sweet and Jenni ordered hamburger but the steak was too raw.

Thursday, was nice. Although we were quite tired after work week.

Friday, we went to Alkmaar for cheese market (kaasmarkt- tourist event) by buss. We spent the whole day in there walking around and taking pictures.

We were hungry and we went to the restaurant to eat. We thought that we ordered something delicious but we got two BREADS (bread comes out of our ears already)! We had culture shock that Dutch people eat bread so much. They eat warm meal at 6 pm.

Saturday & Sunday,

We went to Alkmaar again. There we met our Finnish contact and spended girls night out. We found one night club and went there. That club was amazing and there were sooooo many good looking guys and the music was good also! We came back to Egmond aan Zee by taxi.

Sunday went by just relaxing and eating.

The whole week has been really hot even over 30 degrees.

Regards

Iida & Jenni

 

Arrival and shopping

(11.9.2016)

Yesterday was really exciting and so funny at the same time. We met a old couple in the plane who helped us to get traintickets and guided for the right direction. We survived from the trip alive, even though we had to change the train couple of times before we got to Alkmaar.

When we came to our apartment, the lessor showed all places. After that she asked us to come for dinner with her husband and other tenant.

Today morning our lessor gave to us bikes and we went to center of Egmond. During the cycling she showd us shops, our trainingplace etc.

We stayed for shopping in the city center. Then we bicycled back to the apartment and made for lunch together. (by the way, shopping in the foodmarket was difficult ’cause we didn’t understand anything – it was all in Dutch! but we managed after all)

The weather has been really warm (over 20 degrees) all day and it will continue to the next week. (25-28 degrees – they said that it is not normal this time of year)

We are going to leave to the beach for taking some pictures and just admire of views.

Regards Jenni and Iida

Last week in Holland

Hello again! Our last week went very well. We were our workplace two days and the final week we were free. Our boss gave to us present. Our presents was Hoorn own bread, workplaces own cookbook and map. Wednesday was kingsday and people celebrate the same way than in Finland people celebrate may day and midsummer. Everyone on the street had stalls and music.  Thursday and friday we shop our last present to Finland and we took our last pictues. Saturday our fly flyed back to Finland. 🙂 It was very good experience for us and we are thankfully.

Regards Inka and Tsega

Hello again and may be for the last blogging ;) Regards From Tsega and Inka

Our trip to Holland for the on the job training for 6 weeks is now over and we came back to Finland on May first safely and full  of the great different experiences! And we are very thankful and proud of our selves  with the way we started and  completed our on the job training abroad! So here we are going to add some pictures from Holland taken with a few days ago 😉20160427_193042 20160429_120810 20160429_183527 IMG_4404 IMG_4420 IMG_4452