I have started a new blog, as this one died away a little bit.. You can find my new blog at JennySofias, where I will write about my new year and country, and other stuff! So come by and follow me there instead!

 

 

It's absolutely crazy how much I have done this summer and yet it feels like I have done nothing! I have been traveling, chilling, working, meeting friends and doing other fun stuff! This summer has gone by way too fast and next week I am already leaving for Sweden... It's been an amazing summer and hopefully it's gonna be an even more amazing school year to come in Jönköping, Sweden! 

 

As I have had no time to share with you my adventures during this summer, I am gonna post them here is quite many parts! :D Hopefully you will have the patient to look at all the pics and read all my stories! 

 

 

It is starting to look a lot like summer here in Finland! It's May and it is quite warm outside. Last week we had 20 degrees several days. And at this point of the year it doesn't really get dark anymore during the night! It's absolutely lovely, except if you wanna go to bed early and you can't sleep because it't bright outside.. The first picture is almost at 11 o'clock in the evening and the second is at 5.30 in the morning, so the sun is not gone for too long as you can see! 

 

 

So my student life in little Vaasa is soon coming to an end.. Feels a bit sad, but I have been dragging it out now for a while so I guess it's about time. Last week I went on my last sitz (I think) in Vaasa. It was a spring break sitz, and what better way to say that summer is coming by dressing in summer clothes!? It was as always super fun to be on a Sitz and meet new people and old of course, as there were 160 other people there! (And i totally rocked my hairstyle btw!) 

 

Now I'm soon about to finish my thesis and hand it in for a last check before I can present it and graduate in the end of May! Summer is coming so fast now.. (even though it was snowing yesterday in Vaasa...) Soon its June, my birthday, and then off to Stockholm on Summerburst Festival! So exciting summer ahead! 

 

Me and my sister tried making some own granola bars the other day, and they turned out deliciously! We just mixed all kinds of seeds and nuts, some coconut, pitted dates, and oats. We added syrup, honey and some salt and mixed it into a dough.

 

When it's like a dough we just put in on an oven plate and put it in the oven on 150*c for like 15-20 minutes. After we took it from the oven we left it get a bit colder before we cut it in bars. Super easy and super delicious!

 

Friday was a less fun day for me, as I spent half of the day at Vaasa Hospital. I sprained my ankle so bad I thought it was off. I couldn't walk at all on it without it hurting like hell.. So the whole hospital visit I was sitting in a wheelchair and my sis was driving me around. I had to take an x-ray of my ankle to see if it was off or not but it wasn't, so I was happy it was just a bad spraining! So now I get to lay in my bed the whole weekend and finish my thesis! YEY!.. 

 

On Thursday I went to town to visit my sister. We went for a lovely dinner at Magokoro in Vaasa, which is the best sushi place i have ever been to. It is delicious and not too expensive.

After the dinner we went to an event at Marimekko. There we got some sparkling wine and snacks. We listened to the woman running the store about upcoming trends at Marimekko.

If you ever try the sushi at Magokoro these are Firecracker, California, Sunrise & Summer kiss. All super delicious! 

Me and my sister is very close and act very silly/crazy when we are together! We come up with all sort of fun stuff together, like foot bath, but then we had only one bath to fit four feet in! And then she is always there when you are trying to take a picture :D <3

The last post from London! It was so fun going with the underground and the stops looked all different! It was very handy with an oyster card in London, as you could travel with both underground and busses with it. During our stay in London we also visited a few markets. I especially loved the Camden market, and camden over all, with all the cool stores! 

 

We also decided to go visit the Brittish Museum, becuase it was really close to our hostel in London. We saw all kinds of stuff, the mummies were pretty cool! And as huge of a fan I am of doctor who I found a 10 "satsumas" bill at the museum, which were used when the santa clauses attack London in one episode! The lst picture is from the theatre, were we watched the popular show Wicked. They were amazing singers and actors! Could stop singing after we had been at there! 

 

Eventful and extremely funny weekend behind us! On Friday evening I joined friends at Novia's student union Filicia's Birthday celebration at Restaurant Central in Vaasa. Everyone was looking fabulous with their long dresses and hairdo's. I borrowed my sisters black dress and had her to do my hair and makeup as always! 

 

As strarter we had salmon in three different ways and white wine. Main course was a delicious beef fillet with chanterelle sauce and vegetables, combined with red wine. For dessert we got a cheesecake with lingonberry sauce and ice cream. I was more than happy with the food! We had a good time singing and listening to two good speakers during the evening. For coffee we all looked like Lady Gagas too! 

 

We continued the celebration on Saturday with a brunch at the student unions facilities at the school in Vaasa. 

 

 

 1 Onion

 

Mix the spices together and rub it into the meat

 

 

Whilst in London we also visited Madame Tussauds, as one must! And at the time we were there they had a new exhibition with Star Wars, so of course we had to go fight the dark power! I even got to meet the master who taught me a few tricks..

 

Of course my lovely Mr Bond was also there, all six of them! We also said HI to the Royal family, Stephen Hawkings and many more! And my two favorite guys, Captain America & Ironman, were there so I could hug them! 

 

I thought it was about time to share some pics from my trip to London that I made in October! My friend from France and I met in London for a weeks vacation and as it was our first trip ever there we wanted to see as much as possible. The first pic is from the hostel we were staying at, Smart Hostel at Russels Square. The rooms were quite small with beds on top of eachother, the whole thing moved if someone turned over in there sleep, but thank god I am not a light sleeper so I was good! 

 

The rest of the pics are from are trip on the bus and on the river cruise boat! It was quite cold sitting in a bus with no roof.. but we got around almost the whole of London and we were happy! We saw Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, the Queens castle, the London eye and sooo much more from there! And we could hop on and off to take pics at all the places too! The river cruise was also nice as we made it when the sun was setting and got a really beautiful view of the river and the Tower Bridge! All the old buildings were so beautiful and the last picture is a replica of Shakespeares theatre.

This blog is not getting much of my attention these days.. I have a lot on my plate right now... I have my thesis I am trying hard to finish so I can graduate and move on with my life.. Then I have also work which comes in the way of this writing once in a while.. and of course a lot of other stuff.. Plus I do want to have a life also and not just sit in front of my computer or be at work.. 

 

If I could finish my thesis now in February I would be so happy! Then I could relax and enter the next era in this life, which is either work somewhere or continue studying! I have already applied to a couple of schools in Finland and one in Sweden. If I succeed to not get a place somewhere I will start to look for work somewhere. Hopefully I would find something that is NOT in Finland. I like exploring new places, so this is first on my list! Plus then I don't really have to use Finnish, which I'm not that strong in.. 

 

I have been trying some new smoothie recipes recently or making up my own ones. One more successful than the other, but you never find the best one without some failures! The first one is a green smoothie and the other one more of a berry smoothie.