Except for the Festival I visited in Sweden I also went for a little "sightseeing", shopping and met a friend from Gothenburg during my stay. Stockholm was really beatiful during my stay and it was very warm outside to be in the beginning of June. During my stay in Stockholm I was living in my aints apartment in Fruängen, about 20min away from the centre by the underground. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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! 

 

 

In the end of May me and my sis got dressed and went to Ritz in Vaasa. We had an end of season party for all the volunteers that have been working at Ritz this season. The dresscode was your favorite musician. But as all the musicians today dress so casual I decided to go for the 60s 70s Janis Joplin and my sis got dressed as some singer from a rock or metal band. 

We got very good food at the party and we sang a lot of songs and had some games. It was a very successful party! I'm going to miss the people in the fall when I'm moving to Sweden...

 

 

 

 

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!

 

The smoothie bowl I am definitely gonna try at home!

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! 

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. 

 

 

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Mix the spices together and rub it into the meat

 

 

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. 

 

Christmas is soon here! Decorations are being put up, gingerbread & candy is being made and of course gifts are being rapped in paper! There is a lot of gifts under the tree even if we said we wouldn't buy any this year! ooops! 

I'm working on christmas eve until 12 and then afterwards I'm free for 3 days! Woop woop! Then it's time to meet up with some friends and see how their Christmas is.

 

If you want a delicious snack for your afternoon coffee or tea, the raw balls are a great choice! They are also very healthy and gives you more energy. I made some of my own today and they are super delicious! I had a recipe as base, but added and took away some stuff in it. So here is my recipe! 

 

 

 

 

1. Start by mixing the dates and the figs in a mixer to a dough! 

2. Add the almonds, seeds and berries! Mix!

 

It is almost over 7 months that I haven't seen my classmate S, since she went to Austrailia for an internship and I went to Indonesia just before she returned home. So now that I have been home for almost 2 months we met at Raawka in Vaasa. Its a really small, and super cute place, which serves raw food. The day's salad was a huge plate with quinoa, and different vegetables. It was really good, better than expected! Though it took a while to eat the whole plate as we were talking so much and catching up on almost everything that had happened in 7 months.

Now its also time to work really hard on my thesis if I want to graduate in December. I got an email from my teacher saying that the first draft of the thesis has to be done by 7th of November if we want ot graduate this year... So I better get to it! I still have some theory to write and then to interview some people.

 

It's quite a while ago that the Venetian festival was here in Finland, in the end of August. We celebrate the venetian because the summer cottage season is ending. There are no masks or fancy dresses like a real venetian party, just people gathering, mostly at the summer cottages, shooting fireworks. This year we celebrated it at home, with delicious pies and crayfish and a little bubbly. When it got darker we went swimming, in 41 celsius degree water! Super Hot!