Day at Suomenlinna

Today we spent the day at Suomenlina island. Jenny and José, two tourism students from Helmi came with us and gave us a guided tour. A boat took us there through the iced Baltic waters and we walked around the island at -12ºC and snow to our knees! It was great fun!!

Jenny telling us some interesting facts and annecdotes about Suomenlinna island.

Our best wishes

All the crew at the museum

Canyon girls

snow angels



Having tea at Alexander II living room :)



Mercuria Business College

biology classroom


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Good anti-stress system







Tour around Senate square guided by a tourism student fron Helmi

Anikka telling us about Helsinki Cathedral

Helsinki City Center



Havis Amanda

Around this statue students do a big cellebration on 1st of May. They put a white student hat on her and a a night of fun begins!

Uspenski cathedral

Senate square: Alexandre II monument

 

Helsinki Cathedral



Hakaniemi  square

Central railway station

Christmas markets in Helsinki

Christmas fairs with their handicrafts and designer stalls are an endless wellspring of unique gift ideas. The biggest annual Christmas market in Helsinki is held at Vanha Ylioppilastalo – the Old Student House.



the old student house

 Over 160 vendors offering handicrafts and other unique products including candles, knitted goods, ceramics, cards, clothes



Esplanade Park

 The St. Thomas Christmas Market is traditionally held along Esplanade Park, while Ornamo’s Design Christmas Market is held at the Design Forum.



Cristina drinking a cup of glögi



There are 140 stalls at the St Thomas Christmas Market selling eg. crafts, baked goods and other Christmas specialities. Glögi is spiced sweetened hot wine, to warm them up.
It' really good.

Helmi Business College

Helmi Business College

Antistress chair

Staffroom

Library

dining room

Gym

fitness room

marketing classroom

tutor office

Spanish Brunch !!

Ja hem arribat a Finlàndia. Estem a 10 sota zero ( o més) però contents de ser aquí ambs els nostres alumnes. A  la tarda ens hem reunit a l’apartament dels alumnes i ens hem marcat un spanish sopar-merendola a base de truita de patates, xoriço, pernil del bo, botifarra blanca i fuet. Crec que aquest no menjaven tant bé des que varen marxar, ara fa gaire bé un mes, de casa seva.

Records glaçats i una abraçada per entrar en calor.....

Cristina i Ricard

TAXIII !

Yesterday I went to Tallinn (Estonia) with Adrià and his "family." I woke up at 6 and went to catch the train. We arrived at the port and after check-in we went to get on the boat. Didn’t find any place to sit and finally, we sat in the middle of a hallway sitting on the floor. When we arrived in Tallinn started to look for a taxi to take us to the old part of town, but ... to Erja was approached by a man (from that moment for us the terrorist) was a "driver" who offered to take us to where we wanted the old town for 7 euros, of course, we accepted.
We got in the car five and when we were on the way we learned it was an illegal taxi and for that reason it was so cheap.

We left the old city and took a walk through the market and went to a cafe for breakfast (fried eggs with bacon).

After breakfast we decided to call Sergey to take us to the mall and while waiting to arrive began to make a snowball war girls against Adria (and we won) jajajaja.

After the war we saw a red van was approaching at full speed Sergei and taken to the police. We hopped on the "TAXI" and the police stopped us, they go down to Sergei and asked the papers and we didn’t understand anything. We said nothing and put him into the police car. Wife and I stayed more than half an hour waiting to tell us something. While waiting I was thinking that we had him arrested for being an illegal taxi ivan us to say something to us and started to invent a story that ultimately did not help because Sergey came and told us what had happened was that it had passed 2 red lights and had exceeded the speed limit and that he had placed a fine of 40 euros.

 

Then he took us downtown to the mall where we spent the afternoon shopping and then called us to come to us to collect and bring back to the boat.

We had a good day although a little tired.

There are only 9 days to go home =D

kisses and hugs!

Silvia

At the weekend

Hi!
The last weekend my parents came here with me. I was very happy because I miss them. On friday I went to pick up my parents to the airport in the night we went to Zetor (is a restaurant in the center of Helsinki) with Silvia's family, the food was good but I prefer the spanish food.

my mum and me!!

 On Saturday I shown their the Rock church, Uspenski cathedral, the Market place and we wanted go to Suomelinna but we didn't do it because Finnair is a Strike and the flight of my parents was cancelled and I called a lot of companies to got a new flight for their, but the next day the new flight was cancelled too. It's horrible because my mum was very nervous. We decided go to the airport and I spoke with a personal of Finnair and she changed their flight with a connexion in London, but they left on tuesday!!

In the night I met my friends and student's of Helmi and we went to a bar, it's was very funny because I laughted all the time.

Uspenski cathedral

This photo is the cycles of my family it's very snow here !

On saturday we are going to Christmas party with the students of Helmi!!


Best regardssssss! byeee

munsa

International day at Helmi Business College

Today we were all the day at Helmi Business College, because it  was the international day.
We have been to 3 different classes.
 First, we went to see Laura, one of our tutors, who made a presentation on Mexico.
After ,the English teacher has invited us to go to one of his classes where students made us  some questions of Spain, was only one class of boys (a bit silly), and finally we had the English class we have in our timetable. Two hours.
The school has invited us to lunch. I've eaten lasagna! buenisima!
After a day at school we went to the house where we finally found the washing machin room room and sauna! where are all invited jajajaja
And this was all after a great weekend
Les fotos són fetes a Suomenlinna

Bye Bye!

Mireia

Weekend with Jordi!

Good night!
This weekend was going to Lapland, but I couldn't go. But it was a great weekend!On Saturday we was company of our fellow Finnish, Sunday we went to the sauna (it's best swim in freezing water!) And Monday went to the Suomelina, is very nice and was completely snow!
Today at work we were helping with the file, mail and similar.Tomorrow is the International day at Helmi Business College, we'll probably see him.
See you, I hope you are well!





Cristina

Visita Suprisee!!!

Helloo Badaloninsss!!!

On Friday 3rd of December Jordi came to visit us. On Saturday I did he a guide tour of Helsinki Center. We visited a Senat square, Rock-Curch, Kamppi shopping center and the spring Mermaid and at night we went out with our tutors. On Sunday we went to sauna and a frozen pool!!! An incredible experience!!! On Monday was a Independent holiday on Helsinki and we took advantage to went a Suomelina, however the weather was terrible we had great time!!! Suomelina is very nice island and we needed to take a ferry. In the past Suomelina was fortress, then in the evening Jordi and I went skating on ice track near railway station. Tomorrow Jordi will returns to Barcelona so he will explain all this. See you!!!! Byeeee!!!

 Jordi & Jenni

Ice kisses!!!!***

From Finland with love

Good evenings - nights of December 5, 2010.
 Today I have to update to my (Adria) that I have had some technical problems with the computer and a lot of work of on weekdays.

 It does very much cold  in Finland but little by little one gets used, we go for the street sometimes without gloves jeje.
 I am employed at the school Mercuria where I do tasks of all kinds: book-keeper, teacher of Spanish, teacher of biology, of history..
 Of Spanish marketing...
 Multiemployee jeje
 I am thinking  Oof remaining  to living here because the salary is better than España  jajaja

 I´m assimilating even 5-0 of the Barcelona-Madrid, but waiting on the 18th for the derbi against the Espanyol =D!

Tomorrow is the independence day in Finland so maybe we will go to Suomelinna !!

that's all!

Adria Cid !!!

PD: I miss my class :)!

 PD 2: My apolgizes  for my delay in the update!