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Hyvää päivää, mitä kuuluu?

Or ‘Hello, how are you?’. Since the 5th of January we are following a Finnish Survival Course in our school (OAMK University of applied sciences Oulu). The course ends on the 18th of February. During this course we are ‘trying’ to learn some basics of the Finnish language. No wonder they say it’s one of…

Long time no see !

Hi there ! It almost got a little boring here, right? This could be because of two reasons. Either we were really doing fun-stuff and couldn’t find the time to post anything about it, or we are in the middle of exams/schoolwork! … Well, actually it was both ! We really had some busy weeks….

Awesomeness

After we had thrown a cup of water outside at minus 22(1)and saw the effect we couldn’t resist to try it big-scale ! Yes, with a bucket: (click to enlarge) (1) https://vimeo.com/116002712 We also added a nice extra feature to our tunning-mood-lighting in our apartment: Smartphone-controlled apartmentlights – Oulu, Finland from Tom Mampaey on Vimeo. Something else…

First Finnish Sauna-experience!

Yesterday we went on a trip to the nearest Lidl. It was -25°C outside and we hoped we only had to walk a couple of km’s. But of course we made a huge detour, so everything was freezing blue! We never felt so cold in our lives! And at the top of the bill the Lidl was…

A walk in the neighborhood

Today we got up early to make a walk in the neighborhood. When we opened our curtains and checked the temperature we were surprised! The temperature already dropped 22 degrees below zero ! We took a cup of (warm) water to see the effect. After we tried it once we were very impressed and did a lot…

Our apartment

After a nice trip in Oulu, Tomi drove us to our apartment. It was already very late, and we were very tired. The only thing we already unpacked was my router, so we could contact our (girl)friends and family!

Contact us!

Today we went to some shops with Tomi. The first thing we did was go get a Finnish sim-card.

First stop: London !

I didn’t get a lot of sleep but we arrived safely at our first stop: London !

Bags are packed! Ready to go!

Packing the bags was not exactly an easy task. Eager to bring everything with me, the first attempt failed at 45kg. Since I can only bring 23kg, I had to make some difficult decisions . It became clear that I had underestimated my needs for 6 months (I even tried to put my girlfriend in my…

Erasmus Oulu – Finland

Author: Tom