I have done quite a lot of preparation stuff, I did a test pack a few days a go, my suitcase came to 17 kgs which was with pretty much everything in it except a pair of shoes and my christmas pressies! My pins also arrived in the mail about a week ago! All 2800 of them! Dad is going to sell the ones I dont need, i'll probably keep about 400 of them. The main ones are a kangaroo, a kookaburra and a kangaroo with a boomerang.
I had a talk at my rotary club the other day, it was basically the talk that I would give to my finnish club talking about australia. I felt I went pretty well, I might have spoken a bit fast but the speech was pretty impressive if I do say so myself! I also got to wear my rotary blazer, I had a photo with Irene in it, I will post it when she gives it to me! I got an email from my travel agent 2 days ago saying that my tickets, passport and visa are in the mail and will be arriving within 7 days! Yay! Can't wait for them to get here, that will make it seem very real!
Anyway this was just supposed to be a short post, I will do a bit of a Christmas in Australia post soon when I have sorted through all my photos, I took hundreds! I will leave you know with an amazing photo that my Finnish counsellor sent me that was taken from his backyard and also a photo I took of the sunset at Brighton Beach on Thursday.
Also a list of awesome links to check out!
- Really beautiful Finnish winter photos
- The REAL Santa wears pretty awesome socks!
- All Things Europe - Lots of amazing pictures of everywhere in Europe
- Cool shirt that I want to buy!
I hope everyone had a nice Christmas!
xx
25 days!
Hi! I'm so happy than I found your blog =) I'm girl from Finland and I'm dreaming about exchange student year (I didn't know how I can write that?). I hope you like Finland :)
ReplyDeleteHi! Im glad you enjoy my blog!
ReplyDeleteBest wishes for everything, I hope your dreams come true!
I am sure that I will love finland!
Julia, thanks for posting a link to my photography site (naturephoto.zenfolio.com). I update it regularly.
ReplyDeleteI wish you have a great exchange in Finland. I too had that experience and it was awesome. I am still in touch with the people and country I visited.