Jutta, I can understand it completely! After losing my ID-card, now I can't find my Impfpass (whatever it is in english, but I think it doesn't matter...), which I need really urgent, cause this week I have to go to get some injections against Polio etc for my excursion. I hope it doens't matter.

And BAD, BAD news: After the nice work last week (working at the dish-washing-machine), this week I have to go to the biggest lesxi giving out the food. It is horrible, cause they called me once and I cancelled it cause I don't want to work there. But finally they cheated me and now, next week, I have to go there. But what should I do, I will make the best of it, smile and cry at home... Let's see!

Hope you will have a nice week at work (hope you find somebody again to go out :)!),
Yvonni

Hej!

Not too stressed today, ok, I am, because I lost my key in the morning. There are really strange things happening to me right now, I mean last week I lost my entrance card for the company, I thought I dropped it in the lake, but luckily I got it back, just like the keys. When I realized that they're gone, I drove back to the flat like crazy, because I knew in a way, that I could have only lost them somewhere between the flat door and the work, most probabaly on the stairs because I looked something up there in my bag. But of course they weren't there. So I knocked on all the doors in the flat if somebody found them (so probably now I'm the only one in the house knowing all the neighbours *g*).
Anyway I didn't find them so I went down the stairs and called the police (great there was an audiotape saying things like: if you want to information on passports press "1", if you want... but of course in Swedish and I was already really pissed off. But there was a good thing that it took me so long to understand, because when I came down my keys lay on the radiator in the hallway!!! Lucky scatterbrained (nice word -ha?) girl!!!

Yeah you should come to Vienna and make the nice cocos-christmas-cookies (wow what an alliteration, 3 words with "c" in one row, I'm not sure if you know about my love for alliterations?) that we did in Greece!!! They were great and november is before christmas so you can come to my finishing-studies-party!

So my headline should tell, that I'm always looking forward to read something new from you on the site so I should always write. But probably Eleni is in Lappland and Gelitsaki+Anoula in Spain, so just the hard working girls have time for writing. Lesxi sounds great and it's the same with smiling for me, because all the Swedes at work smile back at me and great me (and this is not so normal here in Sweden), they just don't know, what to say really. But actually I've been out yesterday with some people from the lab and I got to know sort of a Swedish "Oli P.", a guy who was famous some years ago in a Swedish TV-show, where he had to kiss his twin-sister or something like this (I didn't understand it really, the Swedish girls were just so excited, was kind of funny), if you want to have a glimpse:

http://www.sundsvall.cc/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=album219&id=1_036

Ok, back to work, today just computer work until the afternoon, because I can't use the machine in the lab before 3 o'clock, so overtime again - yeah! I hope, I'll get paid for it, because I don't know how to spend all these hours until the end of next week.

Filakia, Jutta

I don't want to stress you at all!
So I decided to write some news about me, but I am not angry if you don't answer. Totally understanding :)!

Since the beginning of this week (I don't know if I already wrote it) I am working at lesxi (Yeah, I remember, I mentioned it) and I really like it. A friend of mine is working at a industrial firm in the moment and she is really annoyed of all this stupid people. I think it is a bit, bit too hard (she is a small snob!). I work only with foreign people, but they are really nice and when you smile to them, they smile to me (this is the rule of the week!).

And, Jutti, I can understand the Going-Out-Stuff, cause here everybody has exams in the moment, I am still in the mood to go out (like always, don't be afraid, I didn't change in the last year!), but...with whom?
Finally I join at lot of groups, so now I am also in the erasmus-organisation-team (I am the organizer of the party and the christmas-cookie-backing! Yeahyeahyeah!!!). So, finally I have something to do every evening.

Perhaps I should come to Vienna before Christmas again, only to bake cookies, yeah!
Ah, before I forget it: If I move in Münster to another flat, only not to get a Schachtelkranz. And it is YOUR fault!

SDon't forget: it is Kristinas birthday tomorrow!

Hej!

I’m sorry, that I didn’t write earlier, I thought of it, but when I finally sat at the computer in the office I‘ve always been too lazy and stressed. Actually at work there’s quite a lot to do and not much time for recreation, but afterwards I’m kind of bored. You know I would have this ERASMUS-feeling right now. I want to do a lot – going out, visiting places,... but I have nobody to join me! :-(((
There are 2 more Austrians now even in my age and quite nice, but always when I propose something to them they just say, yeah sounds great, we could do it on the weekend, but the week has 5 more days for being bored! That’s why I also start to study and even write on my diploma thesis – brrr, the end is coming near, I should be finished with September 21st.
Anyway another thing – as a “present” my bike was stolen :-((( (seams to be not the best time for me right now) so now I’m driving around with the one of my supervisor, of course it’s very nice of him lending it to me, but honestly – it’s shit! And I hurt myself at least twice a day because the gear is not working properly. So sometimes I’m just screaming – arrgggh - because right now nothing’s working how I would want it to.
A week ago or so I realized what I miss here in Sweden, I knew, that there was something but I couldn’t name it, but now I know – it’s laughing. I mean I’m smiling a lot, even if I don’t feel like it, but I would really love to laugh out of the heart. The only good thing is, that I did it in Finland, so thank you girls for that. I have some people at work to talk with, since the other Austrian arrived even somebody to go out, but you know, something’s missing.
But before I become too sad I also got a nice present, Panos (a Greek!!!) told me “Chronia polla” and I was really surprised, that he remembered and in the next message he wrote that he would never forget me, because he loves me. Of course you think now he’s Greek with all their “s’agapo” “s’agapao” “agapi mou” in their songs, but he told me once, that he doesn’t say it that often. And of course I don’t feel the same for him, I like him a lot, but for more the age difference is too big, but still it’s nice to hear.
Ok, I hope these are enough news for you right now, perhaps I’ll have to tell more things to you soon.

Mou leipete (should be the plural of “mou leipeis”, but I guess Yvonni, you’re the expert)
Filakia, Jutta

PS: I’m looking forward to the “Schachtelkranz” Yvonni, but isn’t it you, who will become 25 some months before me... *g* I know, where you live... *gg* be afraid honey... *fg*

Hey girls!

Ok, I know that Geli and Anna went to Spain, but where is the rest? Are you so busy in the moment or perhaps you have to less to do and so you don't know what to write cause your life is so boring?
I found at least a job now, I have to empty the dish-washing-machine in a small lesxi nearby. It's ok, cause I only have to work 3 hours, but unfortunatly everyday. And then I decided to do my first final exam in the end of August.... huuuaaaarrr! Let's see!

Wish you the best,
Yvonni

What a suprise, I am bored since I am back in Germany :), no, that's not true, but it doesn't matter. Since a while I am think of making my first exam in the end of august, that means, I have to start to study, what I haven't done now for almost 2 years. Horrible! But I will start with the most difficult subject, I hope it is a good idea! Let's see... At least I don't get bored in the holidays, cause I couldn't find a job for some weeks, so I start with the exams. To show my parents that I DO something :)!

I wish I would have something as nice to do as Geli has. I don't have to work before wednesday and I was waiting for this but now I don't have anything to do! Annoying...

After you left from here I got a bad flu and an infection in my eye so I stayed home from the pharmacy. I had to put some antibiotic eye drops many times a day, and that's really horrible!!! I don't ever want to have contact lenses because I don't want to put any drops in my eye ever again! Anyway, now I'm getting better little by little. I hope that also Geli's ankle is better already.

Next Friday I will go to a music Festival in Joensuu. Right after that I'll go to Lapland with Jarno. So, Geli and Anna, I won't come to Spain with you. I choose mosquitos and coldness instead of sun, beaches and paella... I will save the money for our trip to Crete, whenever it is :)

Now I should get active. Perhaps I will change the places of my furniture.

filakia
Eleni with her nose blocked up

sorry girls, I'm really busy at the moment. Painting my whole new flat, sleeping room yellow, kitchen white and green, balcony, living room white,.... bying furniture (which is much more difficult than I thought!), and doing the normal day-business. I'm always completly dead in the end of the day!
But there is a light at the end of the tunnel!....
My own little flat!!!!!! Where I'm my one and only boss!!! :)

Greetings to you from a geli full of white colour!
Fliakia

Now, always when I will use the name of this beetle, I will think of you, Jutta! Such a nice thing!!! Borkenkäfer doesn't exist in Sweden? But at least they have a lot ill mice with Hanta-Virus! A friend of mine wrote her diploma about it! No Borkenkäfer, but virus, good good!

Here's the story :-)))

As I'm working in the paper industry we had a talk about "Borkenkäfer" which don't exist in northern Sweden but are very harmful for wood in the south. And of course I didn't know the expression for "Borkenkäfer", so I found "bark beetle" and due to my bad computer mouse I clicked accidently on beetle - voilà!!!

Wish you a nice day with the newly discovered red-legged ham beetle!

Why are you looking for such words (Kopra- oder Schinkenkäfer???)? Are you bored?

Thanks for the facts :)

Hi Yvonni!

Seems nobody else is here at the moment, so actually I could write German *g* but on the other hand I think English is already easier for me, when I speak to myself (what happens quite often so that at least one person is talking to me...) than I always start in English!

Anyway - I haven't been to Helsinki for the first days but I can tell you what was going on in the cottage. Ok I think I was almost the only one fighting a big battle against the mosquitos. But still it was really nice, we had a lot of food (grilled meat twice a day!!!) and a lot of beer and cider. The best thing was probably the sauna, which isn't at all as relaxing as they want to sell us Finnish sauna in middle Europe. The best and worst thing is that you take a beer with you... I think you can imagine, the alcohol needs about one microsecond to reach your brain because you're thirsty. Than you rush out to jump into the lake where you spend some time cooling down and when you're freezing you rush back into the sauna perhaps detouring to the fridge to get another beer... I like it *g*
But the very best thing is the castigation... that means they cut some branches of a birch and bind them together. And when you're really sweating you beat yourself with this bundle and you can scream "perkele" (which means something like "devil" but Eleni could explain it better I guess) while doing it, looks really funny and is a real comfortable massage! I tried to do a film, but you can't see too much and only hear my laughing. If you want, I can send you a CD with the pictures, but I'm afraid I don't know your address in Muenster.

So I hope you can imagine a little bit what was going on, it was big fun but you were missing of course.

I didn't know that you're still doing Greek lessons, I guess you're the only one of us so you'll guide us through Kriti next summer. My Greek is at least much better than my Swedish, actually I'm not at all interested to learn Swedish (I'm afraid this is always my problem, I mean I didn't study too much Greek in Thessaloniki, but last year in Germany, probabaly I should get to know a Swedish uy who can teach me (in my age of course). But unfortunately I have to disappoint you a little (do you remember our small icq-chat before I went here), there are not so many blond Swedish guys and also not really tall, I know just a few ones who are taller than me. The only thing, they ALL have blue eyes, really, by now I met only few people with brown eyes and that is really special then.

Ok, I hope you have a small impression now how our stay in Finland was.

Filakia, Jutta

PS: LEO.org is really a great dictionary, look what I've found today: red-legged ham beetle

Ok, girls, I would like to hear some stories... what did you do during your time in Finlandia? or perhaps I don't want to hear it??? No, tell me!!!

Today in my Greek course: Ti tha ekanes an isoun stin Ellada tora? Tha pigaina stin Paralia, stin Thalassa, tha etroga ena pagoto, epina ena frappe... I could cry, right now :,(

Hi girls!
After a rather comfortable journey, I'm back at work (ok I started one hour later than normal, but who cares with flex time). And every time when they are only speeking Swedish around I can think of a great weekend!!! Or when I sit in my chilly office right now I just pretend to be in the sauna again and punish myself - perkele!
Have a nice day, Jutta

Hi!

Of course I'm in favour of getting to know some more Finnish people, if they are all like you Eleni!!! And too many Swedish people around me here...

Expensive alcohol - I know that *g*, although I was really drunk on Saturday for SEK 60, so a little bit more than 6 Euro! Good to be a girl... But is it even more expensive in Finland???

Anyway, I'll hope that I'll find something at the airport and Geli's right, without sleeping bags I have much more space for more important things...

Wish you a good time wednesday & thursday, cu on friday, I'm really looking forward to it!!! And to the white and sandy beaches at Pori, a Finnish guy who was installing something for us told it to me, I really liked him, because everybody spoke English when he was here! How great!!! But drunk Swedish people also like to talk English, there was a party of our factory on Saturday and they all apologized, that they talk too much Swedish because their English is not so good, bla bla bla, was kind of funny

Filakia, Jutta

PS: no 34 degrees, but I'm almost a little bit sunburnt today! I made a bike trip yesterday to a nice place at the seaside, lying there in the bikini on a stone (rising was a little bit cold due to the wind), but as I drove 50 km yesterday I have a t-shirt-tan today...

that's cool that we don't need to bring sleeping bags! so we have more space in our bags for more important stuff (schnaps!) :)
I really don't care if it's just us or more people in the cottage, if we get to know some of your friends... sure, would be nice! .. and jarno will also come, I hope! ;)

I'm really looking forward to next week. See you on Wednesday!
And Yvonni, we will think to you!

Have a nice and sunny sunday, everybody!
Filakia

hey all girls (now or soon) in Finlandia!

I hope you will have an incredible time, enjoy it, I will celebrate Midsummer as well, probably with unbelievable heat (today: 34°), drink a beer or whatever for me, too!

Tell me soon, what you are doing, or what you did!
Enjoy it,
Yvonni!

You don't have to bring your mattresses or sleeping bags. But it would be a good idea to bring some alcohol with you. Because here it's super expensive! And I guess that we could drink a bit?? You can decide.
And, one more thing: I hope you don't mind that some other people will also come to the cottage. I don't know if you want to spend the time there just with us or should I organise something bigger (=more people)?

That's my info paggage now,
Eleni