Monday 27.4.2015 Entrance exam

Hi guys, still greetings from bed... 

Today I had my first entrance exam. To Jyväskylä university to study sport. But the test was at Turku (, Oulu, Joensuu, Jyväskylä or Espoo). 

I don't have so much expectations about this test or studying in university. Material I read was difficult, I had it a lot and I think it was some how stupid. I mean where sport and health education teacher will need those things?! I asked mum how many time she has needed to know that right lung has three parts and left has two parts when she is teaching somersaults. Answer: zero times. Surprise... 

Second reason is that I'm not sure if I even wanna be teacher. I like sports and I like to teach and that's why I thought that I wanna be sport teacher in fact a few years ago already. But I only like to teach if "students" wanna learn. I have been at school as a teacher a couple times now and I. Don't. Like to force students to do sport or like it. 

I think this entrance exam was a really good experience because now I know what it means, how much and what kind of things I should study before next test. And I learned some interesting things while studying all those pages. I think the test wasn't impossible. They asked little little things but if you really wanna go to the school, study hard, do your best and you can do it!

So I have a full expectation that I'm not going to Jyväskylä following autumn but hopefully some other school!

Have you already had entrance exams?

Veera

Sunday 26.4.2015 Croatia tips and abouts

- Take camera with you! This country I really so so beautiful that you wanna take a lot pics.

- They smoke pretty much. Especially in center they smoke everywhere

- Lot of dogs. And most run free at streets but always with owners. Dogs are very loyal and aren't interested in tourists, food, other dogs,... 

- This time of year is very good time for tourists. Most of places you wanna visit are already open but it's not tourist season yet so you can visit places calm. It's already nice weather but not too hot if you ate from north.

- This time of year you should take light clothes. If forecast says around +20 degrees you need shorts and t-shirts, many of them. In the evening it will be colder, 10 to 15 degrees so light jacket would be nice too. There might be a little bit rain but not so much or hard than we have at home.

- If possible walk, walk and walk! Especially parks and streets. Take good shoes, trainees if you ask me and you can see awesome places. Paths and roads to the top of the Marjan park is that long and steep that you can't (or at least I can't!) ride a bike. And it wasn't possible to take a car. But it really is worth of walking. And it's not too bad I think.

- Locals don't use bikes a lot so I think tourist shouldn't also. And renting car or motorbike sounds pretty crazy as well.

- Be careful when crossing the road, drivers aren't very careful or friendly, they drive pretty fast and pretty close to you.

- And like everywhere: you can cross the road when you have green light or when locals cross the road. Is it true that stupid tourist wait green light if locals don't and stupid tourist cross the road after locals?

- If possible taste local food: bakings (there was a lot bakeries), cevapi (like grilled meatballs) and fresh fish (especially they can make very delicious tuna).

- You should taste different ice creams! I think chocolate ice cream was worst I have ever eaten but blueberry, lemon, yoghurt and apple ice creams were very good. Don't be shy, ask little taste and if it's good then order a portion.

Veera

Saturday 25.4.2015 Croatia: back in Finland

Woke up 6am, packed rest of stuffs, take a breakfast and went to airport. 9.15am flight to Helsinki.

Right now driving to home expecting 7pm we reach to home.

Later some Croatia tips!

And by the way flying when sick isn't cool. I tested and feeling it in my ears and my head so you don't have to!

Veera

Friday 24.4.2015 Croatia: bird, park, shopping, ice cream

Morning was rainy and not so warm. In fact whole day wasn't as warm as recent days but luckily sun started to shine in the afternoon. But what happened today, since morning...

Damn good morning by bird...

Marjan nature park again

Highest place and same place from museum (museum wasn't open anymore)

Olympic medalist from Split at beach, for instance high jumper Blanka Vlasic

Blue shokata Fanta. Kiwi ice cream. Cevapies with french fries. Blueberry and apple ice cream, yummy!

Tomorrow morning it's time to go home again. It was really nice trip here ago and I wanna come back. And really know with who but will see when...

Good night!

Veera

Thursday 23.4.2015 Croatia: museum, greenmarket, art, shopping, bugs

Natural science museum. I have felt myself more scared during this trip, during these three days, than ever before, haha! High places, bugs,...

Green market, I love place like this! Fresh, colorful, beautiful and lovely!

Gallery of fine arts. Art galleries seems to be tradition for us... Art... Gallery... Museum... Don't sound like me and my family! But Vincent van Gogh, Edvard Munch and now this.

Joker shopping mall

Shoes to graduation day from Joker's Top moda shoes shop

When we came back to "home" there was a parking lot with so many cars. Very good to use all possible space but I wish to know how they expect to take there cars off! 

And youngsters training American football

Evening's meal: chicken with gorgonzola sauce and french fries, orange ice cream with chocolate (, bro's Snickers ice cream and local vanilla baking).

In the evening I take a rubbish bag out (wearing pink pyjama and new high heels, cool and sexy I know...) and there was a grasshopper! Oh god I was afraid, screeming and freezing and heart beating so hard. It almost touched me and stayed in front of our door so I was afraid to go back inside. Huhuh!

Sorry this swearing but holy shit this holiday is trying to make me crazy, haha!

Good night, sleep tight, don't let a bugs bite (it's not funny, I'm seriously!)!

Veera

Wednesday 22.4.2015 Croatia: nature park, beautiful, walking, high, fish, ice cream

Eating here isn't too easy if it has to be gluten free. Yoghurt is weird, not at all gluten free bread and it's difficult to find other gluten free products. Bananas and own porridge saved my morning.

Morning's outfit

Today we went to big nature park and walked there many hours...

How water can be so blue and turquoise?!

And so clear! In this pic my hand is under the water!!

So high that can see Italy, almost

Monastery

Pretty high, can feel it but landscapes were so beautiful that no matter. After yesterday's bell tower felt a bit afraid.

Next Sunday they are running a marathon here, at the nature park also. Good luck, it won't be easy marathon because high, distance and weather (today 21 degrees).

After walking went for a meal

And very good lemon ice cream. They say that ice cream here is good but I think it's not so special. Vanilla is too sweet, chocolate is too dark, Nutella doesn't taste at all. In Finland ice cream is much better I think. But this lemon ice cream was pretty good.

In the evening I read school things, rested at "home" and went to grocery store

Veera

Monday 21.4.2015 Croatia: flight, arrive, bell tower, nature, sightseeing

Hi!

We woke up 5.30am and went to breakfast at the hotel. 8.30am we had our flight to Croatia. Time difference is minus one hour so we arrived 10.10am local time to Split airport.

From this to...

To this!

Since the first look this country is really beautiful by its own way

Water is really that blue! 

Local fish market and the smell... But no bugs at all.

First local meal: vegetarian soup, grillissä sea-bass, boiled vegetables and meat plate

Luka ice cream. Strawberry yoghurt, Nutella, chocolate with meringue, Jaffa. Or blueberry, orange, fruit yoghurt,... if you want.

Little street as a labyrinth

Local candy shop, wow!

Bell tower and ruins

View from the bell tower was very beautiful. But going up was one of the craziest thing I have ever done! Really I'm not usually afraid on high places but this place... My hands and legs shaked and I felt like vomit. No matter how many bakteria there was on the railing I really kept my hands on it! But if you aren't too afraid this place was really really beautiful, up and also down.

There is pretty much nuns walking on streets

Park and golden toe that you should touch

Be careful what you eat... Frogs...

And in the evening grilled tuna

Good day, good night! 

Veera