In Finland it has started to get warmer, the sun is out longer, the snow is melting, and the nature is showing promises of Spring.

During the week there were two band concerts at my school. I went on Monday with my friend Kia to one of them after I saw her theater performance. We spent most of the evening joking about the “cute” band boys. I had been feeling sick that day, but the evening with Kia made me feel a lot better. There was another band event the nest day, it was a competition to raise awareness about climate change. I went with Kia to support our friend Julia, who’s band was performing. The vibe in this concert was very different than the first and Kia and I were not expecting it. The concert was in the theater classroom, it was more of a coffee shop setting but no one was talking and everyone was sitting on the floor. It was still a lot of fun though, and Julia’s band actually won, which was so exciting. When the concert was over Kia and I ran around the school taking pictures and laughing together. The exam week started on Thursday and I only had a photography exam on Thursday. Wednesday night my neighbor came to help me work on the photography self portraits before my class. Honestly the project was kind of a mess, but I think my teacher actually liked it. Thursday afternoon I hung out with Andrés, we went to see a movie and he stayed at my house. The next day he was going on a trip with his host sister and I was going to Loimaa to visit my friend Cata. We were late leaving my house and got lost trying to get to the various places where our trains were leaving from. I missed my first bus and train to get to Loimaa but thankful mad it to the second one without having to pay twice. In Loimaa I spent the weekend with Cata, we played cards, saw a basketball game at her school, met up with some of her friends, and spent time catching up. The weekend was relatively uneventful, but I had a great time regardless and didn’t leave until Monday afternoon.

Taking pictures in my school with Kia

There is still some snow but the sun is out

Band night