Let's see on Saturday! I am not sure if I really wanna see it. In Greece it was really funny to see the show, but I think it was the first time since 10 years that I watched the show again. But probably I will go to my parents tomorrow (we have to vote on Sunday our State government), so no party probably!

In the moment they always say in the news how shocking the drinking habits of German students are. 50% are drinking at least once in two weeks more than 5 beers at one evening. I think I am more shocked that there are not more! In comparison the students drink much, much more than the working people in their age. I don't wanna tell them how much we drunk in Greece... :) Geia mas!

sorry, Yvonne, neither Austria or Finland are in the final. But the show of Austria was funny! After the Austrian show the commentator said on tv: great, now Finnish men can be glad that also Austrian men wear sportswear in public. Finnish men are always blamed of wearing sportswear everywhere they go...

Yesterday I heard the song of Cyprus (Ela, Ela), and I'm sure that I've heard it in Greece! But that's not allowed, is it?

Good luck for Germany on Saturday!

Pfff, would be the best joke I've heard in the last time!
How is the result for Finland and Austria? This morning I red in the newspaper an article about Germany and the Eurovision Contest and I really had to laugh a lot! "Germany is the lucky devil in the moment: Without any reason (no qualification at all) we can join the best events: The Eurovision Song Contest and The World Mastership 2006!". And unfortunatly this is the truth.... Let's hope that Germany get some points (1995 we got 1 point at all!!!), and if Finland or Austria is in the final, I will call for you!!! But 12 points will go to Turkey, I am sorry!

Will you have as great eurovision-night as we had last year at Geli and Anna? Ok, tonight it's just semifinal but I'll have to watch it because I'm afraid that Finland won't be in the final on Saturday... The artist of Finland is a Norwegian man who can't speak any Finnish.
I'll hope for the best also to Austria!!!

Hi girls!

After some stressful days (with the climax on Friday with 12 hours lab - bäh!) finally I have time to answer your questions Eleni.

I'll fly to Sweden on the 1st of June, this was the cheapest one - forth and back for 210 Euro. So probably I'll start to work already on Thursday the 2nd for 8 weeks. Actually I wanted to start on Monday the 6th, but it's national holiday in Sweden.
The good thing, living is for free!!! And even better I'll earn quite a lot of money, my future boss wrote it so funny - don't think that you'll become rich, the salary is around 1700 Euro minus 25 % tax (and this is very good in my opinion). Tomorrow a guy (finally we get some men there, and he's good looking as well and has a really nice girlfriend *g*, well I know him, because it's the brother of a friend of mine, actually Canada-Christoph) will start to work in our lab for one month and 400 Euro and he wasn't the only one applying for this job.
Anyway, I'll work with a project concerning effluent treatment and I think this could be really interesting. At least I hope so.

When I'll be there I'll start planning to go to Finland. In all my travel guides (by now I have three, I can't decide...) they write that life almost stops for three days on midsummer weekend, Saturday and Sunday is clear, but which is the third one? So I'll book as soon as I know how long I have to work on Fridays. Yesterday I found Pori on a map, it's quite close to Turku (or is it just because I think in Austrian dimensions, you know, when Austria is alone on a map, all the things seem to be far away but they are very close, because our country is so small) and the ferry there is also cheaper, we'll see how I'll get there, at least flying from Sundsvall to Stockholm is quite cheap with 33 Euro.

As you can see, all my mind is full with Sweden (and a little bit with my laptop which doesn't work anymore and I haven't made back-ups from all my data and I depserately hope that I still have garanty and that they won't delete these things during repair).

Filakia, Jutta

well, it's not totally for sure, but I think I'll be there just for some days, two maybe for short holiday. It looks like I'm gonna make some holiday together with thomas in summer and he wanted to go to greece. Well, being there already I thought would be cool to be able to show him some places, where I have lived etc. So maybe we'll go to saloniki for some days. But unfortunately I'm quite sure that it will be already in August because in September I'll have to study a lot already. Bad Timing! ;)

Hey Geli!

Why are you going to Saloniki? I think I will be there in the end of September. Unfortunatly I think I lost the list when and where we will go. But Saloniki was almost at the end of our trip. Would be cool if we could meet. We could do the guided tour together! Would be fun, I think!

Yvonni

hey yvonni!
maybe I'll be back in Saloniki for some days in summer as well. When are you going there for your excursion? Would be great to drink a coffee there together, hm? ... besides your stressy job as guide! :)

Sorry, I follow a bit your discussion, but finally you have to understand, that I don't really want to participate, or at least I can't!

But something different: Eleni, I think, a Superfisch doesn't excist in german. Whatever you heard, it was for sure not Superfisch, perhaps Suppenfisch, but even this has no meaning...

Good news: I will lead the guided tour through Saloniki on our excursion! So I will take an umbrella, everybody gets a pink cappy and a name sign and... Saloniki we are coming!
It is quite cool, cause normally this was not a theme on the programme, but the teacher who knows that I was one year in Saloniki said, it is too obviously that I have to make a guided tour, cause I am so familiar with the place!
So I will show them the White Tower, go along the fair ground up to kamara and rotonda, leading them to the Old Town (before I have to found a good way up, cause I only know the ways like: Ah, perhaps we should go to the right here, and now...left...!?!?!), perhaps passing by Agios Dimitriou and Agia Sofia, and finally through the markets and Aristotelous to Ladadika and the harbour.
I am already reading some background informations (history),.... quite interesting!
Have a nice day (with a lots of rain like in Münster...:)!)

Jutti, perhaps it would be the best if you could go to a tourist office in Sundsvall. They should know what is the best way to travel here... But if you can afford flying, at least it would be the easiest and fastest way! The closest town to our summer cottage is Pori (Björneborg in Swedish), but Tampere is not a problem either. At least they have good connections from there to anywhere else.

When will you start working in Sundsvall? and what kind of work are you going to do there? i'm interested! and of course you're welcome to come to Helsinki later on Summer.

I saw a German cooking program on TV :) they cooked fish, and I learnt a new German word: superfisch! that's great, it's the most useful word :)

Have a great day, at least here it's sunny!

By now I don't know, how much salary I will get, but I just found a flight Sundsvall - Tampere and back for 270 Euro all-inc. that's not too bad, ok for a weekend it's a lot, but right now I would have enough money (don't ask me what'll be in one month *g*).

And I found out, that the ferry Vaasa-Sundsvall only goes on Friday and the other direction on Saturday, therefore - useless!!!

More searching tomorrow, now I should go back to work.

Bye bye, Jutta

Unfortunately my swedish is not so good (ok, by now I didn't learn anything, too much to do), but I found in the internet, that there will be a ferry, but it starts on the 26th of June.

<Finska RG Line planerar att starta en färjelinje mellan Sundsvall och Vaasa i sommar. Linjen kommer att trafikeras av kombifärjan Kahleberg med plats för c:a 300 passagerare>

<2005 06 26 - 2005 08 06. En tur i veckan mellan Vasa - Sundsvall>

So probably it would be better to go to Turku, if there doesn't exist a bus from Vaasa to your place. I really don't mind travelling, I just want to spend a good time with you :-)
The only problem is going back, because if I have to work on Monday (what I suppose), it's impossible to arrive in Stockholm on Monday morning, so probably hitch-hiking to Vaasa???

Filakia, Jutta

Ok, Jutti, I tried to find out sth about the ferries but I don't know how well I succeeded... I didn't find any ferry from sundsvall. I only found ferries from umeå and stockholm. You can check them out yourself, umeå-vasa ferry is www.rgline.com and stockholm-turku/helsinki are www.silja.fi and www.vikingline.fi. It should take 3 hours to go from sundsvall to umeå, and the ferry from there to vasa is 5 hours (24.6: 13.00-18.00, 25.6 no ferries). The biggest problem is that there are no buses going from vaasa to pori (which is a town closest to our summer place). But I will ask if i can borrow my parents' car to pick you up, if we can't fix anything else. If you choose a ferry from stockholm it would be wiser to go to turku. the trip takes the whole night. If you want to check the timetables of finnish buses, here's the address: www.matkahuolto.fi.

I spent a small holiday in Tallinn with Jarno. We were there for two days and it was really nice. We just came home last night. Noe I'm super hungry and will go to uni for lunch. bye girls!

Hi girls!

I just found out, that the ferry from Sundsvall goes to Vaasa and it takes 9-13 hours. By now I don't know the exact timetable, but I guess it goes over night, so I'll probably be in Vaasa on Saturday morning and have to leave from there again on Sunday night (wow, that's really really short). Yeah and then I have to go from Vaasa to wherever you'll be by then (help me Eleni).
I think I'll visit you again some days in Helsinki if I'm allowed to, because I would like to see your city as well.

One hour later: I have activity!!!!! Finally I produced an enzyme which has a function - yippie!!!!! I think I have to party today.

Filakia, Jutta

Good morning, my dears :)!

Such a wonderful day today, sunny, warm (28°) and we will make a trip through the countryside now! With bear and barbecue!

But I wanted to thank you for your congratulations, I had a really great party, we made barbecue on our balcony, drunk a lot, till 3 o'clock we made party in my flat (with a drinking game, again a memory to Saloniki), then me took a taxi to town, we walked back home, in the sunrise (poeticly: in my birthday :)!), made afterwards still a bit party in my flat and went to bed at 7, 7:30! It was sooo cool!
And the funniest thing was my french erasmus-student, who didn't know anybody at the party, but stayed there, played with us the drinking game, and went home at 3, totally drunk. Ah, I really like french people!

Another good news: when we do our excursion, everybody has to prepare a presentation about a topic, like speaking about the history about a country or something, but my theme is making a guided city tour through Saloniki. And I am the guide :)! It will be so cool, showing them the White tower, walking up to the old town, through Ladadika... Jippie, jippie...

Ok, have to leave, hope you have a nice 1st May...:)

...Wish you all the best
for your birthday!!!

Big kisses and best wishes from vienna :)