Finlandia

Q and I will begin blogging a little bit about our lives abroad; where we've lived, places we've visited... We have had AMAZING opportunities abroad and I LOVE looking back. Hopefully soon we can look forward to a life abroad?

Can you find me in the photo? Yah, I WAS that tiny BEFORE Gooner came a callin'... And remember Clarissa, the amazing roomie from Russia, that's her in the black on my right. And let's not talk about my hair ok...



First off, my friends and I are standing IN the Gulf of Finland.



Our class took a field trip to St. Petersburg, Russia. A couple of us spear headed an idea...let's walk to the gulf of Finland. Let me tell ya, it was cold. Freezing. That's why I am leaning.... we were all screaming to TAKE THE SHOT. For the love. As an American in Russia, things weren't so easy on us. In fact, I was regularly spat upon, and due to many beatings in our city, we were encouraged to only speak Russian while out and about. I have blondish hair, blue eyes and look Scandinavian. THANK YOU LORD, because in their eyes I did not look American. I also spoke Russian, so they said, with a Finnish accent. So this was a common conversation:


"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, tebya Finlandia?" asked a random Russian.

"Nyet, ya Amerikanka." says I.

I've been speaking a little Russian to Gooner, but she likes the sound of French better. In honour of bettering my French, please scroll to the bottom of this site where you will find a French word and sentence of the day.


ps. When this Mom gets a little more time she will let you know about that ole umbrella.